(29994) Zuoyu Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 4 January 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Zuo Yu (b. 1995) was awarded second place in the 2013 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her electrical and mechanical engineering team project. She attends the Chengdu Shude High School, Chengdu, Sichuan, China.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2014-04-15), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Zuoyu is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Zuoyu is 2.09 au from the Sun and 2.17 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 29994 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 AC61 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.81 km (#15,634 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.511 |
| Rotation period | 46.2 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.43 |
| Orbital period | 3.59 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.35 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.07 – 2.63 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.120 |
| Inclination | 6.43° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.06 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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