(30080) Walterworman Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 11 March 2000 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Walter E. Worman (b. 1944 ) is a professor emeritus of the Minnesota State University (Moorhead, Minnesota) whose asteroid research in the 1990s and early 2000s helped establish asteroid photometry research using small university telescopes.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 1, #2, 13), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Walterworman is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Walterworman is 2.24 au from the Sun and 2.74 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 30080 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 EQ105 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.92 km (#15,396 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.272 |
| Rotation period | 48.0 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.11 |
| Orbital period | 4.29 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.64 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.24 – 3.04 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.152 |
| Inclination | 13.5° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.24 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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