(39860) Aiguoxiang Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 17 February 1998 by Beijing Schmidt CCD Asteroid Program at Xinglong.
Ai Guoxiang (b. 1938) is a solar astrophysicist, an Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), and an Academician of TWAS. He was the first Director General of the National Astronomical Observatories, CAS, and served as Vice-President and President of IAU Commission 10 from 1994-2000.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2017-10-05), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Aiguoxiang is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Aiguoxiang is 2.21 au from the Sun and 3.19 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 39860 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 DY7 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.32 |
| Orbital period | 3.53 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.32 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.10 – 2.54 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0940 |
| Inclination | 6.04° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.12 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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