(3570) Wuyeesun Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 14 December 1979 by Purple Mountain Observatory at Nanking.
Named in honor of Wu Yeesun, a famous bonsai artist, who has been engaged in research on the art of bonsai for many years and who is regarded as a representative of the Lingnan School. His book Potted Landscape of Wennong, published in 1969, is the most highly regarded Chinese-English bilingual volume on the subject, and it has exerted a great influence in the bonsai art circles of the world.Naming citation (19981005/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Wuyeesun is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Wuyeesun is 3.09 au from the Sun and 2.34 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 3570 |
| Provisional designation | 1979 XO |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 20.0 km (#2,202 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.160 |
| Rotation period | 15.4 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 11.39 |
| Orbital period | 5.25 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.02 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.76 – 3.28 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0871 |
| Inclination | 11.3° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.75 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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