(30386) Philipjeffery Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 28 May 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Philip Jeffery mentored a finalist in the 2015 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors. He teaches at the Hunter College High School, New York, New York.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2015-07-02), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Philipjeffery is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Philipjeffery is 2.88 au from the Sun and 3.29 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 30386 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 KL16 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.61 km (#11,409 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.132 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.79 |
| Orbital period | 4.66 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.79 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.70 – 2.88 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0321 |
| Inclination | 3.46° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.69 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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