(30063) Jessicashi Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 10 March 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Jessica Shi (b. 1996) is a finalist in the 2014 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors, for her mathematics project. She attends the Montgomery Blair High School, Silver Spring, Maryland.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2014-04-15), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Jessicashi is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Jessicashi is 2.61 au from the Sun and 3.32 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 30063 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 EX63 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.08 |
| Orbital period | 3.37 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.25 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.86 – 2.64 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.175 |
| Inclination | 3.17° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.840 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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