(30004) Mikewilliams Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 30 January 2000 by CSS at Catalina.
Mike Williams (b. 1952) was a lead engineer at the University of Arizona's Lunar and Planetary Laboratory. He was instrumental in the design, fabrication and testing of instruments and hardware for ground-based observatories and numerous NASA spacecraft missions to Mars, as well as the OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample return mission.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2015-01-05), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Mikewilliams is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Mikewilliams is 2.02 au from the Sun and 2.90 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 30004 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 BP33 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.89 |
| Orbital period | 3.68 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.38 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.98 – 2.78 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.167 |
| Inclination | 3.46° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.969 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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