(30029) Preetikakani Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 29 February 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Preeti Kakani (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 Jericho Senior High School, Jericho, New York.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2014-04-15), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Preetikakani is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Preetikakani is 1.98 au from the Sun and 2.55 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 30029 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 DR58 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.88 km (#13,050 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0510 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.16 |
| Orbital period | 3.70 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.39 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.93 – 2.86 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.195 |
| Inclination | 3.92° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.920 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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