(30179) Movva Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 6 April 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Rajiv Movva (b. 2000) is a finalist in the 2014 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science competition for middle school students, for his biochemistry, medicine, health science, and microbiology project. He attends the Harker School, San Jose, California.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2015-01-05), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Movva is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Movva is 2.09 au from the Sun and 3.08 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 30179 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 GY79 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 6.08 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.25 |
| Orbital period | 3.79 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.43 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.08 – 2.78 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.142 |
| Inclination | 3.87° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.09 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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