(30325) Reesabpathak Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 6 May 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Reesab Pathak (b. 1998) is a finalist in the 2015 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors, for his medicine and health project. He attends the Camas High School, Camas, Washington.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2015-06-02), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Reesabpathak is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Reesabpathak is 2.54 au from the Sun and 2.20 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number30325
Provisional designation2000 JV20
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter2.77 km (#15,714 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.277
Rotation period34.0 hours
Absolute magnitude (H)15.21
Orbital period4.20 years
Semi-major axis2.60 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.54 – 2.67 au
Eccentricity0.0264
Inclination8.98°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.53 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also discovered on 6 May 2000

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