(30095) Tarabode Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 3 March 2000 by CSS at Catalina.
Tara Bode (b. 1975) has been the long-time business manager at the University of Arizona's Lunar and Planetary Laboratory and the Department of Planetary Sciences. She has provided vital support for numerous planetary scientists, staff, students, programs and spacecraft missions.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2017-01-12), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Tarabode is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Tarabode is 2.21 au from the Sun and 1.97 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 30095 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 EU145 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.75 km (#15,749 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.255 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.13 |
| Orbital period | 3.21 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.17 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.04 – 2.31 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0621 |
| Inclination | 4.50° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.03 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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