(35371) Yokonozaki Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 25 October 1997 by Hirasawa, M., Suzuki, S. at Nyukasa.
Yoko Nozaki (b. 1965) is a curator at Higashiyamato City Museum who has shared astronomy with the general public for many years. She is one of the most famous planetarium communicators in Japan.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2020-08-07), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Yokonozaki is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Yokonozaki is 2.00 au from the Sun and 2.52 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 35371 |
| Provisional designation | 1997 UZ21 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.33 km (#14,401 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.401 |
| Rotation period | 2.80 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.45 |
| Orbital period | 3.31 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.22 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.76 – 2.69 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.209 |
| Inclination | 3.98° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.749 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Yoko
All asteroids named after someone called Yoko
Also discovered on 25 October 1997
- (8314) Tsuji
- (9673) Kunishimakoto
- (10219) Penco
- (10616) Inouetakeshi
- (10617) Takumi
- (14988) Tryggvason
- (14989) Tutte
- (15916) Shigeoyamada
- (16810) Pavelaleksandrov
- (26213) Ayani
- (27977) Distratis
- (29474) Toyoshima
More named asteroids discovered by Hirasawa, M., Suzuki, S.
- (6416) Nyukasayama
- (6499) Michiko
- (6918) Manaslu
- (7028) Tachikawa
- (7067) Kiyose
- (7353) Kazuya
- (7891) Fuchie
- (7892) Musamurahigashi
- (8100) Nobeyama
- (8200) Souten
- (8530) Korbokkur
- (8551) Daitarabochi
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