(30314) Yelenam Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 6 May 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Yelena Mandelshtam (b. 1997) is a finalist in the 2015 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors, for her mathematics project. She attends the University High School, Irvine, California.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2015-06-02), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Yelenam is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Yelenam is 2.24 au from the Sun and 3.16 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number30314
Provisional designation2000 JH14
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter3.00 km (#15,211 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.283
Absolute magnitude (H)15.21
Orbital period3.38 years
Semi-major axis2.25 au
Perihelion – aphelion1.98 – 2.52 au
Eccentricity0.119
Inclination6.14°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)0.998 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also named after someone called Yelena

Also discovered on 6 May 2000

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