(30438) Yongikbyun Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 3 June 2000 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Yong-Ik Byun (b. 1964) is a Korean professor at Yonsei University (Seoul, Korea). He led the Yonsei Survey Telescopes for Astronomical Research (YSTAR) project to find optical transients by a global network of automated telescopes. He also participated in the Taiwanese-American Occultation Survey (TAOS) to discover and characterize transneptunian objects.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #10, 5), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Yongikbyun is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Yongikbyun is 3.11 au from the Sun and 3.72 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 30438 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 LL34 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.25 km (#10,144 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.255 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.78 |
| Orbital period | 4.71 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.81 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.38 – 3.24 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.154 |
| Inclination | 10.6° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.38 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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