(30205) Mistyevans Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 7 April 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Misty Evans mentored a finalist in the 2014 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science competition for middle school students. She teaches at the Lincoln Park Academy, Fort Pierce, Florida.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2015-01-05), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Mistyevans is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Mistyevans is 2.17 au from the Sun and 3.02 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number30205
Provisional designation2000 GV108
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter2.16 km (#16,829 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.414
Absolute magnitude (H)15.19
Orbital period3.37 years
Semi-major axis2.25 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.17 – 2.32 au
Eccentricity0.0335
Inclination5.18°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.18 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also named after someone called Misty

Also discovered on 7 April 2000

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