(292343) Yasuosato Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 25 September 2006 by Moletai at Moletai.
Yasuo Sato (b. 1950) is a Japanese amateur astronomer living in Nishinasuno, Tochigi Prefecture. He discovered four comets: C/1969 T1 (Tago-Sato-Kosaka); C/1970 U1 (Suzuki-Sato-Seki); C/1975 T1 (Mori-Sato-Fujikawa); C/1975 X1 (Sato); and made an independent discovery of C/1968 H1. Sato is a member of the Hoshi-no-Hiroba astronomy club.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 6, #16, 10), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Yasuosato is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Yasuosato is 2.45 au from the Sun and 1.66 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 292343 |
| Provisional designation | 2006 SF198 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.96 km (#15,325 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0730 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.4 |
| Orbital period | 4.05 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.54 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.96 – 3.12 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.229 |
| Inclination | 11.7° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.949 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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