106817 Yubangtaek is an asteroid

Asteroid

Asteroids are a class of small Solar System bodies in orbit around the Sun. They have also been called planetoids, especially the larger ones...

. It was discovered by Young-Beom Jeon and Byung-Chol Lee on December 6, 2000. Its provisional name was . It was named after Yu, Bangtaek, a 13th-century Korean Joseon Dynasty

Joseon Dynasty

Joseon , was a Korean state founded by Taejo Yi Seong-gye that lasted for approximately five centuries. It was founded in the aftermath of the overthrow of the Goryeo at what is today the city of Kaesong. Early on, Korea was retitled and the capital was relocated to modern-day Seoul...

 astronomer, co-author of the stone star chart Cheonsangyeolchabunyajido. It has an absolute magnitude of 15.6 and an orbital period of 1999.22 days.

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