(30153) Ostrander Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 5 April 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Peter Ostrander mentored a finalist in the 2014 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors. He teaches at the Montgomery Blair High School, Silver Spring, Maryland.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2014-04-15), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Ostrander is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Ostrander is 2.58 au from the Sun and 2.59 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 30153 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 GT50 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.04 |
| Orbital period | 3.46 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.29 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.98 – 2.60 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.136 |
| Inclination | 6.20° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.973 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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