(28954) Feiyiou Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 30 December 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Fei Yiou (b. 1995) was awarded second place in the 2013 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her electrical and mechanical engineering team project. She attends the High School No. 7, Chengdu, Sichuan, China.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2014-04-15), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Feiyiou is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Feiyiou is 2.57 au from the Sun and 3.29 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number28954
Provisional designation2000 YA41
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter7.43 km (#7,171 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.0670
Rotation period12.2 hours
Absolute magnitude (H)14.64
Orbital period4.21 years
Semi-major axis2.61 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.23 – 2.99 au
Eccentricity0.146
Inclination2.23°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.24 au

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

Also discovered on 30 December 2000

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