(30327) Prembabu Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 6 May 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Saranesh Prembabu (b. 1997) is a finalist in the 2015 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors, for his materials science project. He attends the Dougherty Valley High School, San Ramon, California.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2015-06-02), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Prembabu is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Prembabu is 3.03 au from the Sun and 3.97 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 30327 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 JP22 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 7.17 km (#7,445 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0850 |
| Rotation period | 4.42 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.42 |
| Orbital period | 4.54 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.74 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.41 – 3.08 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.122 |
| Inclination | 5.10° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.40 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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