(30421) Jameschafer Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 4 June 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
James R. Schafer mentored a finalist in the 2015 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors. He teaches at the Montgomery Blair High School, Silver Spring, Maryland.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2015-07-02), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Jameschafer is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Jameschafer is 3.05 au from the Sun and 3.38 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 30421 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 LM2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.09 km (#12,521 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.221 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.47 |
| Orbital period | 4.68 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.80 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.48 – 3.12 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.115 |
| Inclination | 9.72° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.48 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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