(30037) Rahulmehta Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 29 February 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Rahul Siddharth Mehta (b. 1995) is a finalist in the 2014 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors, for his computer science project. He attends the University of Chicago Laboratory High School, Chicago, Illinois.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2014-04-15), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Rahulmehta is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Rahulmehta is 2.50 au from the Sun and 1.63 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 30037 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 DU78 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.54 |
| Orbital period | 3.49 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.30 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.09 – 2.52 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0925 |
| Inclination | 4.52° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.08 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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