(174466) Zucker Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 31 December 2002 by Sloan Digital Sky Survey at Apache Point.
Daniel Zucker (b. 1968) is an American astronomer and a contributor to the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, known for his work using SDSS data to discover several new low-luminosity satellites and stellar streams around M31 and the Milky Way.Naming citation (20130127/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Zucker is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Zucker is 3.57 au from the Sun and 3.21 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 174466 |
| Provisional designation | 2002 YO36 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.39 km (#9,913 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0320 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.67 |
| Orbital period | 5.34 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.05 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.29 – 3.82 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.251 |
| Inclination | 15.6° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.31 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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