(30123) Scottrippeon Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 29 March 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Scott Rippeon mentored a finalist in the 2014 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors. He teaches at the Governor Thomas Johnson High School, Frederick, Maryland.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2014-04-15), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Scottrippeon is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Scottrippeon is 2.15 au from the Sun and 3.02 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 30123 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 FF40 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.62 km (#16,022 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.309 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.17 |
| Orbital period | 3.27 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.20 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.80 – 2.61 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.184 |
| Inclination | 5.63° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.787 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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