(30336) Zhangyizhen Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 7 May 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Yizhen Zhang (b. 1997) is a finalist in the 2015 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors, for her animal sciences project. She attends the Richard Montgomery High School, Rockville, Maryland.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2015-06-02), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Zhangyizhen is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Zhangyizhen is 2.26 au from the Sun and 1.36 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 30336 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 JD29 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.91 |
| Orbital period | 4.12 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.57 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.21 – 2.92 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.138 |
| Inclination | 4.40° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.21 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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