(36992) Jakubek Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 23 September 2000 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Ryan Scott Jakubek (b. 1990) is an American planetary scientist and Raman spectroscopist working at NASA Johnson Space Center/Jacobs. He studies carbon and mineralogy of meteorites, cosmic dust, and impact materials, and serves as a Raman spectroscopist on the SHERLOC instrument on the Mars 2020 rover.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #9, 37), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Jakubek is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Jakubek is 2.47 au from the Sun and 1.52 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 36992 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 SN361 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.56 |
| Orbital period | 4.29 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.64 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.40 – 2.88 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0912 |
| Inclination | 5.78° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.40 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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