(30119) Lucamatone Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 29 March 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Luca Matone mentored a finalist in the 2014 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors. He teaches at the Regis High School, New York, New York.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2014-04-15), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Lucamatone is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Lucamatone is 2.70 au from the Sun and 2.13 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 30119 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 FS37 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.18 |
| Orbital period | 4.16 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.59 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.40 – 2.77 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0720 |
| Inclination | 5.92° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.41 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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