(30389) Ledoux Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 28 May 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Veronica Ledoux mentored a finalist in the 2015 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors. She teaches at the Catlin Gabel School, Portland, Oregon.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2015-07-02), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Ledoux is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Ledoux is 2.87 au from the Sun and 2.36 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 30389 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 KW17 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.47 km (#14,039 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.306 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.77 |
| Orbital period | 4.76 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.83 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.75 – 2.91 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0296 |
| Inclination | 3.05° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.75 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Veronica
All asteroids named after someone called Veronica
Also discovered on 28 May 2000
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- (30388) Nicolejustice
- (30396) Annleonard
- (32086) Viviannetu
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- (32088) Liamwallace