(35062) Sakuranosyou Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 12 March 1988 by Inoue, M., Muramatsu, O. at Kobuchizawa.
Sakuranosyou, meaning “Musashino Sakurano Elementary School”, is located in Musashino city to the west of Tokyo. This municipal school is surrounded by beautiful cherry trees. This naming is on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the school's founding.Naming citation (20061109/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Sakuranosyou is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Sakuranosyou is 2.92 au from the Sun and 1.97 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 35062 |
| Provisional designation | 1988 EP |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.20 km (#14,699 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.360 |
| Rotation period | 19.1 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.49 |
| Orbital period | 3.64 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.37 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.80 – 2.94 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.241 |
| Inclination | 10.5° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.810 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.