(41981) Yaobeina Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 28 December 2000 by W. K. Y. Yeung at Desert Beaver.
Yaobeina (1981-2015) was a talented and courageous Chinese singer who won numerous awards for the best Chinese pop song performance. One of Yao's famous songs, “Fire of the Heart”, was about the reflections on her battle with breast cancer. She donated her corneas.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2015-04-04), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Yaobeina is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Yaobeina is 2.57 au from the Sun and 3.04 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 41981 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 YD21 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.43 km (#11,776 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.358 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.97 |
| Orbital period | 4.25 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.62 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.28 – 2.96 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.130 |
| Inclination | 14.4° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.32 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.