(30216) Summerjohnson Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 7 April 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Summer Johnson mentored a finalist in the 2014 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science competition for middle school students. She teaches at the Stuart Middle School, Stuart, Florida.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2015-01-05), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Summerjohnson is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Summerjohnson is 2.59 au from the Sun and 3.10 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 30216 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 GV125 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.45 km (#16,352 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.511 |
| Rotation period | 56.8 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.77 |
| Orbital period | 3.44 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.28 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.97 – 2.59 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.137 |
| Inclination | 6.63° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.954 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Summer
All asteroids named after someone called Summer
Also discovered on 7 April 2000
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