(30227) Jansensturgeon Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 4 April 2000 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Trent Jansen-Sturgeon (b. 1991) is an Australian planetary scientist who completed his Ph.D. in 2021 with the Desert Fireball Network in Australia, working on meteoroid flight dynamics. He is now a research engineer at Lockheed Martin Australia.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #9, 14), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Jansensturgeon is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Jansensturgeon is 2.42 au from the Sun and 1.45 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 30227 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 GO139 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.57 |
| Orbital period | 4.13 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.58 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.16 – 3.00 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.163 |
| Inclination | 6.83° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.14 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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