(30362) Jenniferdean Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 6 May 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Jennifer Dean mentored a finalist in the 2015 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors. She teaches at the Camas High School, Camas, Washington.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2015-07-02), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Jenniferdean is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Jenniferdean is 2.19 au from the Sun and 2.65 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 30362 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 JD54 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 1.81 km (#17,207 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.448 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.68 |
| Orbital period | 3.39 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.26 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.03 – 2.48 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.100 |
| Inclination | 4.52° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.03 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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