(35976) Yorktown Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 25 June 1999 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Yorktown, a town in Virginia on the York River leading into the Chesapeake Bay, was the site of a Sept.-Oct. 1781 siege of the British army by American and French troops, with support by the French navy. The outcome proved conclusive to the American War of Independence. The name was suggested by R. P. Binzel.Naming citation (20100726/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Yorktown is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Yorktown is 3.00 au from the Sun and 2.31 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 35976 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 MY1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.73 km (#13,382 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.266 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.49 |
| Orbital period | 3.68 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.38 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.76 – 3.01 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.262 |
| Inclination | 22.2° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.813 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.