(2162) Anhui Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 30 January 1966 by Purple Mountain Observatory at Nanking.
Named for a province in the northwestern part of East China that straddles the Yangtze and Huai Rivers.Naming citation (MPC 5184), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Anhui is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Anhui is 2.50 au from the Sun and 3.44 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 2162 |
| Provisional designation | 1966 BE |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 7.33 km (#7,277 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.207 |
| Rotation period | 8.10 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.85 |
| Orbital period | 3.32 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.23 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.95 – 2.50 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.124 |
| Inclination | 3.05° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.964 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 30 January 1966
More named asteroids discovered by Purple Mountain Observatory
- (1125) China
- (1802) Zhang Heng
- (1888) Zu Chong-Zhi
- (1972) Yi Xing
- (2012) Guo Shou-Jing
- (2027) Shen Guo
- (2045) Peking
- (2077) Kiangsu
- (2078) Nanking
- (2085) Henan
- (2169) Taiwan
- (2184) Fujian
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