(30130) Jeandillman Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 29 March 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Jean Dillman mentored a finalist in the 2014 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors. She teaches at the California High School, San Ramon, California.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2014-04-15), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Jeandillman is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Jeandillman is 2.58 au from the Sun and 2.07 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number30130
Provisional designation2000 FK46
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter2.40 km (#16,457 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.307
Absolute magnitude (H)15.34
Orbital period3.59 years
Semi-major axis2.34 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.10 – 2.58 au
Eccentricity0.102
Inclination6.16°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.12 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also named after someone called Jean

Also discovered on 29 March 2000

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