(30431) Michaeltran Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 4 June 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Michael Tran mentored a finalist in the 2015 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors. He teaches at the Arnold O. Beckman High School, Irvine, California.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2015-07-02), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Michaeltran is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Michaeltran is 2.03 au from the Sun and 2.34 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 30431 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 LR16 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.50 km (#16,263 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.283 |
| Rotation period | 90.0 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.36 |
| Orbital period | 3.42 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.27 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.97 – 2.57 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.131 |
| Inclination | 5.81° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.983 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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