(30384) Robertirelan Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 27 May 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Robert W. Irelan mentored a finalist in the 2015 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors. He teaches at the Lake Braddock Secondary School, Burke, Virginia.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2015-07-02), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Robertirelan is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Robertirelan is 2.98 au from the Sun and 3.97 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 30384 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 KK3 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.02 km (#15,154 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.306 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.89 |
| Orbital period | 4.49 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.72 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.45 – 2.99 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0975 |
| Inclination | 3.13° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.46 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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