(30192) Talarterzian Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 7 April 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Talar Victoria-Grace Terzian (b. 2001) is a finalist in the 2014 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science competition for middle school students, for her engineering project. She attends the Howard W. Bishop Middle School, Gainesville, Florida.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2015-01-05), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Talarterzian is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Talarterzian is 2.62 au from the Sun and 2.84 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number30192
Provisional designation2000 GB100
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter2.97 km (#15,298 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.200
Absolute magnitude (H)15.39
Orbital period3.43 years
Semi-major axis2.28 au
Perihelion – aphelion1.89 – 2.66 au
Eccentricity0.170
Inclination5.58°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)0.879 au

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

Also discovered on 7 April 2000

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