(30141) Nelvenzon Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 5 April 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Nel Venzon, Jr. mentored a finalist in the 2014 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors. He teaches at the Mililani High School, Mililani, Hawaii.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2014-04-15), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Nelvenzon is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Nelvenzon is 2.20 au from the Sun and 2.92 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 30141 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 GT24 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.88 km (#15,496 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.162 |
| Rotation period | 20.7 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.69 |
| Orbital period | 3.71 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.40 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.09 – 2.70 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.126 |
| Inclination | 6.65° |
| 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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