(30206) Jasonfricker Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 7 April 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Jason Fricker mentored a finalist in the 2014 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science competition for middle school students. He teaches at the Porter-Gaud School, Charleston, South Carolina.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2015-01-05), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Jasonfricker is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Jasonfricker is 2.91 au from the Sun and 3.46 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 30206 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 GD109 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.12 km (#14,911 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.239 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.94 |
| Orbital period | 4.59 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.76 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.56 – 2.96 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0739 |
| Inclination | 5.80° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.55 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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