(30109) Jaywilson Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 29 March 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Jay Wilson mentored a finalist in the 2014 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors. He teaches at the East Chapel Hill High School, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2014-04-15), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Jaywilson is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Jaywilson is 2.45 au from the Sun and 2.64 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 30109 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 FQ17 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.41 |
| Orbital period | 3.43 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.28 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.95 – 2.60 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.144 |
| Inclination | 7.76° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.957 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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