(9442) Beiligong Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 2 April 1997 by Beijing Schmidt CCD Asteroid Program at Xinglong.
Beiligong (Beijing Institute of Technology, BIT) was founded in 1940. With more than 27 000 full-time students currently enrolled, it is one of the national key universities. BIT developed China's first large-scale planetarium, and contributed to the preparatory research of the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 1, #3, 7), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Beiligong is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Beiligong is 3.01 au from the Sun and 3.89 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 9442 |
| Provisional designation | 1997 GQ27 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.68 km (#8,028 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.228 |
| Rotation period | 5.38 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.81 |
| Orbital period | 4.17 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.59 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.10 – 3.08 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.188 |
| Inclination | 14.1° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.16 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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