(68021) Taiki Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 29 December 2000 by BATTeRS at Bisei SG Center.
Taiki Town, located in the eastern part of Hokkaido, is a beautiful town blessed with clear streams and a large park filled with wild flowers on its shore. The town's Multipurpose Aerospace Park has a 1000-m airstrip where many experiments related to aerospace and large scientific balloons are undertaken.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2013-09-19), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Taiki is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Taiki is 2.57 au from the Sun and 3.52 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 68021 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 YU17 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.89 |
| Orbital period | 3.58 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.34 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.84 – 2.83 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.212 |
| Inclination | 2.86° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.855 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 29 December 2000
- (22185) Stiavnica
- (23257) Denny
- (23258) Tsuihark
- (23259) Miwadagakuen
- (23289) Naruhirata
- (41986) Fort Bend