(178267) Sarajevo Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 31 December 2007 by OAM at La Sagra.
Sarajevo is the capital and largest city of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The city is historically famous for its traditional cultural and religious diversity. Islam, Orthodoxy, Catholicism and Judaism have coexisted there for centuries. This name was proposed by the Astronomical Society Orion Sarajevo.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2013-07-22), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Sarajevo is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Sarajevo is 3.19 au from the Sun and 2.98 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 178267 |
| Provisional designation | 2007 YG59 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.14 km (#8,732 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0740 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.66 |
| Orbital period | 5.47 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.10 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.69 – 3.52 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.133 |
| Inclination | 21.0° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.79 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.