(30158) Mabdulla Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 5 April 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Muhammad Ugur Oglu Abdulla (b. 1999) is a finalist in the 2014 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science competition for middle school students, for his mathematics and computer science project. He attends the West Shore Jr./Sr. High School, Melbourne, Florida.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2015-01-05), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Mabdulla is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Mabdulla is 2.58 au from the Sun and 2.92 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 30158 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 GQ55 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.40 km (#9,887 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0730 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.08 |
| Orbital period | 5.11 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.97 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.56 – 3.38 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.139 |
| Inclination | 1.96° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.54 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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