(30049) Violamocz Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 8 March 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Viola Mocz (b. 1996) is a finalist in the 2014 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors, for her physics project. She attends the Mililani High School, Mililani, Hawaii.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2014-04-15), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Violamocz is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Violamocz is 2.25 au from the Sun and 2.61 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 30049 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 EX38 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 7.13 km (#7,480 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0350 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.22 |
| Orbital period | 3.86 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.46 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.02 – 2.90 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.179 |
| Inclination | 4.95° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.02 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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