(37218) Kimyoonyoung Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 20 November 2000 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Yoonyoung Kim (b. 1991) is a Korean postdoctoral researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research (Göttingen, Germany), whose studies include characterization of dust properties of active asteroids and comets.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 1, #2, 20), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Kimyoonyoung is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kimyoonyoung is 3.03 au from the Sun and 2.55 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 37218 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 WE137 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.74 km (#11,144 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.238 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.14 |
| Orbital period | 5.46 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.10 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.96 – 3.25 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0469 |
| Inclination | 17.1° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.94 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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