(30416) Schacht Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 27 May 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Scott Schacht mentored a finalist in the 2015 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors. He teaches at the Benet Academy, Lisle, Illinois.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2015-07-02), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Schacht is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Schacht is 2.36 au from the Sun and 2.61 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 30416 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 KG76 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.03 |
| Orbital period | 3.70 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.39 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.29 – 2.50 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0430 |
| Inclination | 7.12° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.29 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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