(30112) Weistrop Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 27 March 2000 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Donna Weistrop (b. 1944) is a trustee and chair of the Lowell Observatory Foundation. She is an Adjunct Faculty member at Northern Arizona University (NAU), a Research Associate at the Museum of Northern Arizona, and a member of the Advisory Council of NAU's Martin-Springer Institute. She even helped build an instrument for the Hubble Space Telescope.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 2, #5, 8), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Weistrop is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Weistrop is 2.17 au from the Sun and 1.37 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 30112 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 FZ25 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.47 km (#11,686 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.320 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.07 |
| Orbital period | 3.52 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.31 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.97 – 2.66 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.148 |
| Inclination | 7.65° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.974 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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