(30370) Jongoetz Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 6 May 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Charles Jon Goetz, III mentored a finalist in the 2015 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors. He teaches at the Richard Montgomery High School, Rockville, Maryland.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2015-07-02), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Jongoetz is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Jongoetz is 2.13 au from the Sun and 2.31 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 30370 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 JA59 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.14 km (#14,863 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.342 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.56 |
| Orbital period | 3.71 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.40 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.12 – 2.68 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.116 |
| Inclination | 5.55° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.11 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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