(30151) Susanoffner Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 5 April 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Susan Offner mentored a finalist in the 2014 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors. She teaches at the Lexington High School, Lexington, Massachusetts.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2014-04-15), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Susanoffner is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Susanoffner is 2.51 au from the Sun and 2.65 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 30151 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 GX46 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.03 km (#17,010 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.392 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.33 |
| Orbital period | 3.65 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.37 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.23 – 2.51 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0594 |
| Inclination | 6.18° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.25 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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