(30030) Joycekang Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 29 February 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Joyce Blossom Kang (b. 1996) is a finalist in the 2014 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors, for her engineering project. She attends the Brentwood High School, Brentwood, Tennessee.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2014-04-15), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Joycekang is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Joycekang is 2.21 au from the Sun and 3.05 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 30030 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 DY61 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.3 |
| Orbital period | 3.81 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.44 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.06 – 2.81 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.154 |
| Inclination | 2.66° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.06 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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