(30276) Noahgolowich Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 29 April 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Noah Golowich (b. 1997) is a finalist in the 2015 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors, for his mathematics project. He attends the Lexington High School, Lexington, Massachusetts.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2015-04-04), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Noahgolowich is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Noahgolowich is 2.53 au from the Sun and 3.09 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 30276 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 HB55 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.18 km (#10,281 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0660 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.29 |
| Orbital period | 4.34 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.66 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.46 – 2.86 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0748 |
| Inclination | 2.01° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.45 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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