(24701) Elyu-Ene Outer Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 15 November 1990 by E. W. Elst at La Silla.
Elyu-Ene (“Large River”) is the original Evenk name for the Lena River. One of the longest in the world, the 4400-km Siberian river has its source in the Baikal Mountains. Flowing generally northeastward, it turns northward near Yakutsk toward the Laptev sea and the Arctic Ocean.Naming citation (20060809/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Elyu-Ene is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Elyu-Ene is 4.59 au from the Sun and 4.62 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 24701 |
| Provisional designation | 1990 VY5 |
| Orbit class | Outer Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 17.5 km (#2,578 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0580 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.73 |
| Orbital period | 7.82 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.94 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 3.26 – 4.62 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.173 |
| Inclination | 15.5° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 2.29 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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