(9230) Yasuda Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 29 December 1996 by N. Sato at Chichibu.
Satoshi Yasuda (b. 1948) is a member of Amateur Radio on the International Space Station-Japan and a professor at Hitotsubashi University. He contributed to the success of the first exchange of radio messages with the ISS by radio amateurs in Japan and is also an active amateur radio user himself.Naming citation (20040928/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Yasuda is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Yasuda is 3.43 au from the Sun and 4.23 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 9230 |
| Provisional designation | 1996 YY2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 9.13 km (#5,663 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0510 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.8 |
| Orbital period | 5.43 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.09 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.50 – 3.68 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.190 |
| Inclination | 2.33° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.50 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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