(30405) Yunakwon Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 23 May 2000 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.

Yuna Grace Kwon (b. 1990) is a Korean postdoctoral researcher at the Technical University of Braunschweig (Germany), whose studies include characterization of dust properties of active asteroids and comets.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #9, 16), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Yunakwon is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Yunakwon is 2.36 au from the Sun and 2.25 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number30405
Provisional designation2000 KE52
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)15.76
Orbital period3.20 years
Semi-major axis2.17 au
Perihelion – aphelion1.96 – 2.38 au
Eccentricity0.0957
Inclination4.16°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)0.979 au

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

Also discovered on 23 May 2000

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