(30070) Thabitpulak Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 8 March 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Thabit Pulak (b. 1996) is a finalist in the 2014 Intel STS, and was awarded second place in the 2013 Intel ISEF, for his environmental science project. He attends the Richardson High School, Richardson, Texas.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2014-04-15), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Thabitpulak is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Thabitpulak is 2.24 au from the Sun and 2.18 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 30070 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 ES84 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 1.78 km (#17,231 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.320 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.76 |
| Orbital period | 3.39 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.26 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.96 – 2.55 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.131 |
| Inclination | 6.54° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.964 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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