(30061) Vishnushankar Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 10 March 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Vishnu Shankar (b. 1996) is a finalist in the 2014 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors, for his biochemistry project. He attends the Monta Vista High School, Cupertino, California.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2014-04-15), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Vishnushankar is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Vishnushankar is 2.45 au from the Sun and 2.98 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 30061 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 EX61 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.36 km (#14,334 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0900 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.12 |
| Orbital period | 3.39 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.26 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.05 – 2.46 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0894 |
| Inclination | 1.86° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.04 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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- (27381) Balasingam
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- (27412) Teague
- (28568) Jacobjohnson
- (28569) Kallenbach
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- (30060) Davidseong