(30426) Philtalbot Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 5 June 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Phil Talbot mentored a finalist in the 2015 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors. He teaches at the Hillcrest High School, Midvale, Utah.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2015-07-02), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Philtalbot is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Philtalbot is 2.08 au from the Sun and 2.80 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 30426 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 LU8 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.19 km (#14,719 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.301 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.77 |
| Orbital period | 3.76 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.42 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.07 – 2.77 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.144 |
| Inclination | 5.25° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.06 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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