(30298) Somyakhare Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 29 April 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Somya Khare (b. 1997) is a finalist in the 2015 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors, for her microbiology project. She attends the Lynbrook High School, San Jose, California.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2015-06-02), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Somyakhare is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Somyakhare is 2.23 au from the Sun and 2.31 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 30298 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 HJ81 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.6 |
| Orbital period | 3.47 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.29 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.85 – 2.73 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.193 |
| Inclination | 7.62° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.848 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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