(30204) Stevedoherty Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 7 April 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Steven Doherty mentored a finalist in the 2014 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science competition for middle school students. He teaches at the Howard W. Bishop Middle School, Gainesville, Florida.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2015-01-05), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Stevedoherty is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Stevedoherty is 2.38 au from the Sun and 3.34 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 30204 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 GX107 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.03 |
| Orbital period | 3.77 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.42 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.17 – 2.68 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.106 |
| Inclination | 3.23° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.18 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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