(30406) Middleman Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 27 May 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Elaine Middleman mentored a finalist in the 2015 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors. She teaches at the Castilleja School, Palo Alto, California.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2015-07-02), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Middleman is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Middleman is 2.33 au from the Sun and 3.25 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 30406 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 KU54 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.34 km (#14,379 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.209 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.89 |
| Orbital period | 3.38 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.25 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.99 – 2.51 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.115 |
| Inclination | 3.57° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.01 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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