| Discovery[1] | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | LINEAR |
| Discovery site | Lincoln Lab's ETS |
| Discovery date | 4 January 2000 |
| Designations | |
| (30000) Camenzind | |
Named after | Kathy Camenzind[1] (ISTS awardee) |
| 2000 AB138 · 1991 RQ35 1998 VR18 | |
| main-belt[1][2] · (inner) background[3][4] | |
| Orbital characteristics[2] | |
| Epoch 27 April 2019 (JD 2458600.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 27.09yr (9,895 d) |
| Aphelion | 2.4487AU |
| Perihelion | 2.0860 AU |
| 2.2673 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.0800 |
| 3.41 yr (1,247 d) | |
| 162.97° | |
| 0° 17m 19.32s / day | |
| Inclination | 6.5761° |
| 11.650° | |
| 225.88° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 2.592±0.626 km[5] | |
| 0.457±0.117[5] | |
| 14.6[1][2] | |
30000 Camenzind (provisional designation2000 AB138) is a very bright backgroundasteroid from the inner region of theasteroid belt, approximately 2.6 kilometers (1.6 miles) in diameter. It was discovered on 4 January 2000, by astronomers of theLincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research program conducted at theLincoln Laboratory's Experimental Test Site nearSocorro, New Mexico, in the United States. The asteroid was named for 2014-ISTS awardeeKathy Camenzind.[1]
Camenzind is a non-family asteroid from the main belt'sbackground population.[3][4] It orbits the Sun in theinner asteroid belt at a distance of 2.1–2.4 AU once every 3 years and 5 months (1,247 days;semi-major axis of 2.27 AU). Its orbit has aneccentricity of 0.08 and aninclination of 7° with respect to theecliptic.[2] The body'sobservation arc begins with its first observation as1991 RQ35 atPalomar Observatory in September 1991.[1]
Thisminor planet was named after American student Kathy Camenzind (born 1996), a 2014-finalist of theIntel science talent search (STS).[1] The officialnaming citation was published by theMinor Planet Center on 13 June 2014 (M.P.C. 88760).[6]
As of 2018, no rotationallightcurve of Camenzind has been obtained fromphotometric observations. The body'srotation period,pole and shape remain unknown.[2][7]
According to the survey carried out by theNEOWISE mission of NASA'sWide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, Camenzind measures 2.59 kilometers in diameter and its surface has a highalbedo of 0.457.[5] Such a high albedo is typical forE-type asteroids.
