(23241) Yada Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 20 November 2000 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Toru Yada (b. 1971) is a planetary scientist at the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science at JAXA. He is one of the principal scientists at JAXA's planetary material samples curation facility, where samples from (25143) Itokawa are studied and preserved.Naming citation (20120506/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Yada is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Yada is 2.72 au from the Sun and 3.41 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 23241 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 WV131 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.03 |
| Orbital period | 4.13 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.57 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.32 – 2.83 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0979 |
| Inclination | 4.94° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.31 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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