(30440) Larry Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 22 June 2000 by J. Broughton at Reedy Creek.

Philadelphia-born Larry Fine (Louis Feinberg, 1902-1975) was a longtime member of “The Three Stooges”. The one in the middle with a scared-porcupine hairstyle, Larry was often the recipient of the collateral damage of slaps, pokes and bumps while trying to keep the peace between the other two.Naming citation (20020427/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

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Where Larry is today

Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Larry is 2.60 au from the Sun and 2.52 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number	30440
Provisional designation	2000 MG
Orbit class	Main-belt Asteroid
Diameter	5.69 km (#9,419 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo	0.0720
Absolute magnitude (H)	14.89
Orbital period	5.17 years
Semi-major axis	2.99 au
Perihelion – aphelion	2.37 – 3.61 au
Eccentricity	0.209
Inclination	1.41°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)	1.35 au

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

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