(30305) Severi Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 1 May 2000 by P. G. Comba at Prescott.
Francesco Severi (1879-1961), a student of Corrado Segre and later a professor at the University of Rome, wrote more than 400 books and papers on mathematics, history, education and philosophy. He was one of the major exponents of the Italian school of algebraic geometry.Naming citation (20020427/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Severi is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Severi is 2.91 au from the Sun and 2.67 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 30305 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 JA |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.39 km (#11,872 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.366 |
| Rotation period | 32.6 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.13 |
| Orbital period | 4.78 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.84 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.59 – 3.09 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0876 |
| Inclination | 2.86° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.58 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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