(30183) Murali Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 6 April 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Chythanya Murali (b. 2000) is a finalist in the 2014 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science competition for middle school students, for her environmental sciences project. She attends the Lisa Academy, Little Rock, Arkansas.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2015-01-05), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Murali is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Murali is 2.01 au from the Sun and 2.77 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 30183 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 GL95 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.32 km (#10,022 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0520 |
| Rotation period | 613 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.46 |
| Orbital period | 3.75 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.41 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.01 – 2.81 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.167 |
| Inclination | 4.19° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.00 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 6 April 2000
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- (15595) Melwincheng
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- (15597) Piotrlazarek
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