(34504) Tsuzuku Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 27 September 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Yuka Tsuzuku (b. 2000) was awarded second place in the 2018 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her animal sciences team project. She attended the Gifu Senior High School, Gifu, Japan.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 2, #15, 11), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Tsuzuku is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Tsuzuku is 2.85 au from the Sun and 3.54 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number34504
Provisional designation2000 SJ158
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)14.69
Orbital period4.90 years
Semi-major axis2.88 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.85 – 2.91 au
Eccentricity0.0109
Inclination3.08°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.86 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also named after someone called Yuka

Also discovered on 27 September 2000

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