(30184) Okasinski Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 6 April 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Jonathan Guanghong Okasinski (b. 2001) is a finalist in the 2014 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science competition for middle school students, for his physical sciences project. He attends the Pennfield Middle School, Hatfield, Pennsylvania.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2015-01-05), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Okasinski is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Okasinski is 2.15 au from the Sun and 2.07 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number30184
Provisional designation2000 GM95
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Rotation period47.6 hours
Absolute magnitude (H)15.11
Orbital period3.67 years
Semi-major axis2.38 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.09 – 2.67 au
Eccentricity0.122
Inclination6.70°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.09 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also named after someone called Jonathan

Also discovered on 6 April 2000

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