(29624) Sugiyama Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 2 October 1998 by M. Akiyama at Susono.
Tomiei Sugiyama (b. 1949) moved from Japan to the U.S. in 1969 in the hope of becoming a Major League baseball player. Now he is the supervisor of a high-school baseball team, devoting himself to the promotion of high school baseball in Japan.Naming citation (20020427/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Sugiyama is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Sugiyama is 2.36 au from the Sun and 1.42 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 29624 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 TA |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.24 km (#12,177 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.429 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.74 |
| Orbital period | 3.52 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.32 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.11 – 2.52 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0892 |
| Inclination | 7.34° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.11 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.