(30928) Jefferson Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 9 October 1993 by E. W. Elst at La Silla.
Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826), the third president of the United States (1801-1809), will be always remembered as the principal author of the 1776 Declaration of Independence. A man of the Enlightenment and of great intellectual power, he is also honored for the Virginian Statute for Religious Freedom (1779).Naming citation (20090409/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
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Where Jefferson is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Jefferson is 3.08 au from the Sun and 3.48 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 30928 |
| Provisional designation | 1993 TJ32 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.46 km (#8,301 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.222 |
| Rotation period | 5.84 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.81 |
| Orbital period | 4.32 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.65 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.22 – 3.08 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.163 |
| Inclination | 16.3° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.29 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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