(29655) Yarimlee Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 21 November 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Yarim Lee (b. 1997) was awarded second place in the 2013 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her biochemistry project. She attends the Townsend Harris High School, Flushing, New York, U.S.A.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2014-04-15), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Yarimlee is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Yarimlee is 2.30 au from the Sun and 3.13 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number29655
Provisional designation1998 WH10
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)15.26
Orbital period3.37 years
Semi-major axis2.25 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.19 – 2.30 au
Eccentricity0.0242
Inclination2.38°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.18 au

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

Also discovered on 21 November 1998

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