(41002) Tatsumi Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 29 October 1999 by CSS at Catalina.
Eri Tatsumi (b. 1986) is a Japanese planetary scientist who specializes in the study of primitive small bodies using spacecraft and ground-based spectroscopic observations. She is a member of both the Hayabusa2 and OSIRIS-REx spacecraft imaging teams.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 5, #11, 12), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Tatsumi is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Tatsumi is 2.69 au from the Sun and 1.70 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 41002 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 UW12 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.18 km (#10,289 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0950 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.73 |
| Orbital period | 5.39 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.08 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.60 – 3.55 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.154 |
| Inclination | 3.08° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.61 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 29 October 1999
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- (13414) Grantham
- (13415) Stevenbland
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