(35370) Daisakyu Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 29 October 1997 by Saji at Saji.
Tottori-Dai-Sakyu (Tottori Sand Dunes) is Japan's greatest sand dune, fully 16 km in east-west length, 2 km in width and 92 meters high. Saji Village, where Saji Observatory is located, merged with Tottori City, home of Tottori-Dai-Sakyu, in 2004. The naming of this minor planet commemorates the merger.Naming citation (20070730/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Daisakyu is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Daisakyu is 2.60 au from the Sun and 3.57 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 35370 |
| Provisional designation | 1997 UF21 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.92 km (#15,411 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0750 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.19 |
| Orbital period | 3.40 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.26 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.92 – 2.61 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.152 |
| Inclination | 3.53° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.928 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 29 October 1997
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- (10399) Nishiharima
- (27978) Lubosluka
- (31151) Sajichugaku
- (31152) Daishinsai
- (33056) Ogunimachi
- (39802) Ivanhlinka
- (44011) Juubichi
- (85512) Rieugnie
- (152647) Rinako