(30388) Nicolejustice Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 28 May 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Nicole A. Justice mentored a finalist in the 2015 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors. She teaches at the Lake Highland Preparatory School, Orlando, Florida.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2015-07-02), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Nicolejustice is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Nicolejustice is 2.67 au from the Sun and 3.58 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 30388 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 KJ17 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.95 |
| Orbital period | 4.55 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.75 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.51 – 2.98 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0841 |
| Inclination | 1.74° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.53 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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