(30032) Kuszmaul Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 29 February 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
William Henry Kuszmaul (b. 1996) is a finalist in the 2014 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors, for his mathematics project. He attends the Lexington High School, Lexington, Massachusetts.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2014-04-15), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Kuszmaul is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kuszmaul is 2.26 au from the Sun and 2.92 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 30032 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 DC65 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.49 |
| Orbital period | 3.69 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.39 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.08 – 2.69 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.127 |
| Inclination | 0.501° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.09 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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