(30430) Robertoegel Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 4 June 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Robert Toegel mentored a finalist in the 2015 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors. He teaches at the Dr. Ronald E. McNair Academic High School, Jersey City, New Jersey.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2015-07-02), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Robertoegel is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Robertoegel is 2.49 au from the Sun and 1.50 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 30430 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 LO16 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.61 km (#16,042 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.312 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.09 |
| Orbital period | 3.54 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.32 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.13 – 2.52 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0848 |
| Inclination | 4.74° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.13 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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