(40994) Tekaridake Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 20 October 1999 by M. Akiyama at Susono.
Tekaridake, a mountain in the northern part of Shizuoka in Japan, is 2591 meters high. It features a big, bright rock, which is named Tekariishi.Naming citation (20040107/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Tekaridake is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Tekaridake is 2.66 au from the Sun and 2.29 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 40994 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 UZ2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.59 km (#11,454 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.334 |
| Rotation period | 337 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.03 |
| Orbital period | 4.41 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.69 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.15 – 3.23 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.200 |
| Inclination | 11.6° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.17 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.