(30455) Joelcastro Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 4 July 2000 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Joel H. Castro-Chacón (b. 1980) is a Mexican electro-optical engineer at the National Council of Science and Technology in Mexico. He applies his expertise in polarimetric observation of astrophysical objects to the study of small bodies in the Solar System.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 4, #13, 5), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Joelcastro is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Joelcastro is 3.08 au from the Sun and 3.77 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 30455 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 NB27 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 7.17 km (#7,439 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.198 |
| Rotation period | 7.87 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.39 |
| Orbital period | 5.41 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.08 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 3.06 – 3.11 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.00800 |
| Inclination | 10.4° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 2.05 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Joel
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Also discovered on 4 July 2000
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- (18121) Konovalenko
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- (18123) Pavan
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- (30452) Callegari
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- (32194) Mahlke