(30321) McCleary Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 6 May 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Jennifer McCleary (b. 1997) is a finalist in the 2015 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors, for her chemistry project. She attends the Arnold O. Beckman High School, Irvine, California.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2015-06-02), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where McCleary is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: McCleary is 2.06 au from the Sun and 2.98 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 30321 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 JT17 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.56 km (#16,145 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.269 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.35 |
| Orbital period | 3.30 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.22 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.05 – 2.38 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0757 |
| Inclination | 5.25° |
| 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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