(3241) Yeshuhua Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 28 November 1978 by Purple Mountain Observatory at Nanking.

Where Yeshuhua is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Yeshuhua is 2.59 au from the Sun and 1.98 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number3241
Provisional designation1978 WH14
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter16.8 km (#2,734 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.0830
Absolute magnitude (H)12.6
Orbital period5.31 years
Semi-major axis3.05 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.57 – 3.52 au
Eccentricity0.157
Inclination1.65°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.58 au

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

Also discovered on 28 November 1978

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