(30439) Moe Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 21 June 2000 by J. Broughton at Reedy Creek.
Brooklyn-born Moe Howard (Harry Moses Horwitz, 1897-1975) was the mophaired leader of the slapstick comedy team “The Three Stooges”, who entertained the world with their long-running series of Hollywood short and feature length films beginning in 1934.Naming citation (20020427/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
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Where Moe is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Moe is 2.20 au from the Sun and 2.82 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 30439 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 MB |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.81 |
| Orbital period | 3.91 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.48 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.19 – 2.77 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.117 |
| Inclination | 6.20° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.21 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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