(30177) Khashayar Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 5 April 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Sahar A Khashayar (b. 2000) is a finalist in the 2014 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science competition for middle school students, for her engineering project. She attends the Fairmont Private School, North Tustin, California.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2015-01-05), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Khashayar is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Khashayar is 2.42 au from the Sun and 1.78 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number30177
Provisional designation2000 GV76
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)14.64
Orbital period3.49 years
Semi-major axis2.30 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.15 – 2.45 au
Eccentricity0.0646
Inclination6.26°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.15 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also discovered on 5 April 2000

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