(30425) Silverman Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 5 June 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Emily Silverman mentored a finalist in the 2015 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors. She teaches at the Fairview High School, Boulder, Colorado.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2015-07-02), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Silverman is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Silverman is 2.96 au from the Sun and 3.95 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 30425 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 LP7 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.29 km (#14,524 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.216 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.88 |
| Orbital period | 4.51 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.73 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.28 – 3.18 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.165 |
| Inclination | 5.13° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.27 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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