(30111) Wendyslijk Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 29 March 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Wendy Slijk mentored a finalist in the 2014 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors. She teaches at the Canyon Crest Academy, San Diego, California.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2014-04-15), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Wendyslijk is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Wendyslijk is 2.24 au from the Sun and 1.82 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 30111 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 FJ20 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 17.0 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.12 |
| Orbital period | 3.61 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.35 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.14 – 2.57 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0917 |
| Inclination | 7.09° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.12 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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