(30375) Kathuang Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 9 May 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Katherine Huang mentored a finalist in the 2015 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors. She teaches at the Dougherty Valley High School, San Ramon, California.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2015-07-02), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Kathuang is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kathuang is 2.86 au from the Sun and 3.08 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 30375 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 JD63 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.53 km (#16,210 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.276 |
| Rotation period | 4.65 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.41 |
| Orbital period | 4.00 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.52 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.11 – 2.93 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.162 |
| Inclination | 3.32° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.10 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Katherine
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- (12986) Kretke
- (13275) Kathgoetz
- (17218) Stgeorge
- (17980) Vanschaik
- (18787) Kathermann
- (18992) Katharvard
- (20281) Kathartman
- (20791) de Kleer
- (21939) Kasmith
- (23875) Strube
- (24119) Katherinrose
All asteroids named after someone called Katherine
Also discovered on 9 May 2000
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- (17262) Winokur
- (26640) Bahyl
- (28848) Nicolemarie
- (30373) Mattharley
- (30374) Bobbiehinson
- (32033) Arjunkapoor
- (32062) Amolpunjabi
- (32063) Pusapaty
- (32065) Radulovacki
- (32066) Ramayya