(30043) Lisamichaels Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 3 March 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Lisa P. Michaels (b. 1995) is a finalist in the 2014 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors, for her medicine and health project. She attends the Plano West Senior High School, Plano, Texas.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2014-04-15), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Lisamichaels is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Lisamichaels is 1.99 au from the Sun and 2.81 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number30043
Provisional designation2000 EJ17
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter3.45 km (#14,108 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.0780
Absolute magnitude (H)16.0
Orbital period3.72 years
Semi-major axis2.40 au
Perihelion – aphelion1.99 – 2.81 au
Eccentricity0.171
Inclination1.84°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)0.977 au

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

Also named after someone called Lisa

Also discovered on 3 March 2000

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