(34499) Yusukesakai Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 September 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Yusuke Sakai (b. 2000) was awarded second place in the 2018 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his animal sciences team project. He attended the Gifu Senior High School, Gifu, Japan.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 2, #15, 10), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Yusukesakai is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Yusukesakai is 2.99 au from the Sun and 2.29 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 34499 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 SL150 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 10.9 km (#4,602 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0410 |
| Rotation period | 9.03 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.18 |
| Orbital period | 5.33 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.05 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.68 – 3.42 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.121 |
| Inclination | 8.88° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.71 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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