(30144) Minubasu Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 5 April 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Minu Basu mentored a finalist in the 2014 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors. She teaches at the Dougherty Valley High School, San Ramon, California.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2014-04-15), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Minubasu is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Minubasu is 2.25 au from the Sun and 1.27 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 30144 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 GP31 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.37 |
| Orbital period | 3.52 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.32 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.16 – 2.47 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0660 |
| Inclination | 2.56° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.18 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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