(74400) Streaky Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 11 December 1998 by O. A. Naranjo at Merida.
Name chosen by Eve Canovan, from Lancaster, UK, as the winner of a national competition to write a story that included an “asteroid” or “asteroids”, which was run by the Centre for Life in conjunction with The Times Eureka Science magazine to enthuse and engage children about space.Naming citation (20121029/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Streaky is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Streaky is 2.98 au from the Sun and 3.52 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 74400 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 XH97 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 8.29 km (#6,317 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0710 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.2 |
| Orbital period | 5.51 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.12 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.87 – 3.37 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0807 |
| Inclination | 10.1° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.89 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 11 December 1998
- (11193) Merida
- (13808) Davewilliams
- (15988) Parini
- (17873) Palaciosdeborao
- (27132) Jezek
- (29691) Ramonallerulloa
- (29692) Cernis
- (31384) Joseloisestevez
- (31385) Genovevavazquez
- (79864) Pirituba