(30273) Samepstein Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 29 April 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Samuel Epstein (b. 1996) is a finalist in the 2015 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors, for his animal sciences project. He attends the John F. Kennedy High School, Bellmore, New York.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2015-04-04), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Samepstein is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Samepstein is 2.54 au from the Sun and 3.50 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 30273 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 HV52 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.46 |
| Orbital period | 3.32 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.23 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.81 – 2.64 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.187 |
| Inclination | 3.32° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.806 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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