(38980) Gaoyaojie Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 23 October 2000 by W. K. Y. Yeung at Desert Beaver.
Gao yao-jie (b. 1927), a retired medical doctor, was a pioneer on AIDS prevention in China. In 2001 she won the Jonathan Mann Award for Global Health and Human Rights. Recently she received the Vital Voices Global Partnership award.Naming citation (20070402/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Gaoyaojie is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Gaoyaojie is 2.46 au from the Sun and 2.50 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 38980 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 UJ2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.38 km (#14,288 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.204 |
| Rotation period | 14.5 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.05 |
| Orbital period | 3.64 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.37 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.72 – 3.02 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.275 |
| Inclination | 6.53° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.724 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.