(3689) Yeates Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 5 May 1981 by C. S. Shoemaker at Palomar.
Where Yeates is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Yeates is 2.68 au from the Sun and 2.20 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 3689 |
| Provisional designation | 1981 JJ2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 14.1 km (#3,363 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.112 |
| Rotation period | 9.85 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.43 |
| Orbital period | 4.89 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.88 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.64 – 3.12 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0827 |
| Inclination | 9.35° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.64 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 5 May 1981
- (2659) Millis
- (2686) Linda Susan
- (2748) Patrick Gene
- (3023) Heard
- (3107) Weaver
- (3375) Amy
- (3777) McCauley
- (3927) Feliciaplatt
- (4368) Pillmore
- (4888) Doreen
- (8804) Eliason
- (10028) Bonus
More named asteroids discovered by C. S. Shoemaker
- (2459) Spellmann
- (2511) Patterson
- (2532) Sutton
- (2586) Matson
- (2614) Torrence
- (2686) Linda Susan
- (2705) Wu
- (2742) Gibson
- (2748) Patrick Gene
- (2773) Brooks
- (2834) Christy Carol
- (2891) McGetchin
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