(14036) Yasuhirotoyama Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 5 March 1995 by Hirasawa, M., Suzuki, S. at Nyukasa.
Yasuhiro Toyama (b. 1953) is a Japanese electronic engineer. He has developed a number of inexpensive high-performance motor drive control circuits for astronomical telescopes, including the one used for the telescope that discovered this object.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2020-08-07), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Yasuhirotoyama is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Yasuhirotoyama is 2.60 au from the Sun and 1.95 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 14036 |
| Provisional designation | 1995 EY7 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.90 km (#7,768 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.234 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.12 |
| Orbital period | 4.70 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.81 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.55 – 3.07 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0929 |
| Inclination | 8.06° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.58 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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