(30028) Yushihomma Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 29 February 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Yushi Homma (b. 1995) is a finalist in the 2014 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors, for his mathematics project. He attends the Carmel High School, Carmel, Indiana.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2014-04-15), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Yushihomma is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Yushihomma is 2.47 au from the Sun and 3.44 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number30028
Provisional designation2000 DL42
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Rotation period2.54 hours
Absolute magnitude (H)15.18
Orbital period3.76 years
Semi-major axis2.42 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.00 – 2.84 au
Eccentricity0.173
Inclination2.09°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)0.982 au

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

Also discovered on 29 February 2000

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