(30187) Jamesroney Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 6 April 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
James Peter Roney (b. 2000) is a finalist in the 2014 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science competition for middle school students, for his animal & plant sciences project. He attends the Goleta Valley Junior High School, Goleta, California.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2015-01-05), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Jamesroney is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Jamesroney is 2.34 au from the Sun and 1.36 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 30187 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 GN96 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.24 |
| Orbital period | 3.60 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.35 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.91 – 2.79 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.187 |
| Inclination | 4.11° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.897 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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