(30445) Stirling Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 5 July 2000 by P. G. Comba at Prescott.
James Stirling (1692-1770) was a Scottish mathematician best known for his derivation of an asymptotic formula for factorials.Naming citation (20020328/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
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Where Stirling is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Stirling is 2.41 au from the Sun and 2.98 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 30445 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 NJ2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.33 km (#11,982 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.259 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.13 |
| Orbital period | 4.43 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.70 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.30 – 3.10 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.147 |
| Inclination | 12.1° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.33 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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