(30373) Mattharley Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 9 May 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Matthew Harley mentored a finalist in the 2015 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors. He teaches at the Harker School, San Jose, California.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2015-07-02), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Mattharley is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Mattharley is 2.20 au from the Sun and 2.67 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 30373 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 JO62 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.2 |
| Orbital period | 3.69 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.39 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.06 – 2.72 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.138 |
| Inclination | 6.35° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.05 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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