(30230) Ralucarufu Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 7 April 2000 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Raluca Rufu (b. 1989) is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Southwest Research Institute, whose graduate research at the Weizmann Institute explored lunar formation by modeling impacts and the accumulation of the ejecta. Her ongoing investigations include dynamical studies of satellites.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 1, #2, 13), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Ralucarufu is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Ralucarufu is 2.32 au from the Sun and 1.38 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 30230 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 GP142 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 57.5 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.92 |
| Orbital period | 4.16 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.59 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.03 – 3.14 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.214 |
| Inclination | 9.06° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.02 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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