(30092) Menke Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 11 March 2000 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
John Menke (b. 1940) is a trustee of the Lowell Observatory Foundation. His past professions have included physicist at the Bureau of Standards in Gaithersburg, politician, and staff scientist at the Mitre Corporation. In 1991, he and his wife Meg began an astronomical-dome manufacturing business, which they ran until they retired in 2002.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 2, #6, 5), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Menke is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Menke is 2.09 au from the Sun and 2.68 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 30092 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 EB135 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.74 km (#9,312 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0590 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.41 |
| Orbital period | 3.70 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.39 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.08 – 2.71 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.132 |
| Inclination | 3.57° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.06 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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