(37625) Yonezawatatsuki Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 16 September 1993 by Endate, K., Watanabe, K. at Kitami.

Tatsuki Yonezawa (b. 1997) is a Japanese amateur astronomer and curator at the Misato Observatory in Kimino, Wakayama Prefecture. He uses a 1.05-m reflector telescope and a planetarium to communicate the wonders of the universe to visitors.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 5, #27, 4), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Yonezawatatsuki is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Yonezawatatsuki is 2.78 au from the Sun and 3.78 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number37625
Provisional designation1993 SR1
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter6.26 km (#8,570 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.0590
Absolute magnitude (H)15.13
Orbital period3.47 years
Semi-major axis2.29 au
Perihelion – aphelion1.79 – 2.79 au
Eccentricity0.217
Inclination3.85°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)0.793 au

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

Also discovered on 16 September 1993

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