(30248) Kimstinson Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 28 April 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Kim Stinson mentored a finalist in the 2014 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science competition for middle school students. She teaches at the Joaquin Miller Middle School, San Jose, California.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2015-01-05), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Kimstinson is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kimstinson is 3.33 au from the Sun and 3.56 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 30248 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 HV13 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 7.15 km (#7,464 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0700 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.31 |
| Orbital period | 4.68 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.80 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.24 – 3.35 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.198 |
| Inclination | 5.28° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.23 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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