(30048) Sreyasmisra Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 8 March 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Sreyas Misra (b. 1996) is a finalist in the 2014 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors, for his bioengineering project. He attends the Harker School, San Jose, California.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2014-04-15), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Sreyasmisra is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Sreyasmisra is 2.11 au from the Sun and 2.95 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number30048
Provisional designation2000 EB37
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)15.84
Orbital period3.73 years
Semi-major axis2.41 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.01 – 2.80 au
Eccentricity0.163
Inclination2.02°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.01 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also discovered on 8 March 2000

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