(30152) Reneefallon Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 5 April 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Renee Fallon mentored a finalist in the 2014 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors. She teaches at the Monta Vista High School, Cupertino, California.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2014-04-15), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Reneefallon is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Reneefallon is 2.04 au from the Sun and 2.40 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number30152
Provisional designation2000 GW49
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter6.04 km (#8,872 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.0530
Absolute magnitude (H)15.2
Orbital period3.70 years
Semi-major axis2.39 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.03 – 2.75 au
Eccentricity0.150
Inclination2.83°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.02 au

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

Also named after someone called Renee

Also discovered on 5 April 2000

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