(30054) Pereira Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 9 March 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Brianna Pereira (b. 1996) is a finalist in the 2014 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors, for her medicine and health project. She attends the Academy for Medical Science Technology, Hackensack, New Jersey.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2014-04-15), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Pereira is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Pereira is 2.24 au from the Sun and 3.06 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 30054 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 EO44 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.53 |
| Orbital period | 3.35 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.24 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.86 – 2.62 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.168 |
| Inclination | 1.99° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.848 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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