(30149) Kellyriedell Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 5 April 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Kelly Riedell mentored a finalist in the 2014 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors. She teaches at the Brookings High School, Brookings, South Dakota.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2014-04-15), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Kellyriedell is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kellyriedell is 2.60 au from the Sun and 1.84 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 30149 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 GW45 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 1.96 km (#17,078 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.202 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.65 |
| Orbital period | 3.54 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.32 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.93 – 2.71 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.167 |
| Inclination | 4.56° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.956 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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