(101810) Beiyou Outer Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 8 May 1999 by Beijing Schmidt CCD Asteroid Program at Xinglong.
Beiyou (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications) is a key multidisciplinary research university of China, with programs in engineering, management, humanities and sciences, and information technology.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2020-09-24), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Beiyou is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Beiyou is 3.35 au from the Sun and 3.69 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 101810 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 JA6 |
| Orbit class | Outer Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 8.02 km (#6,557 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0830 |
| Rotation period | 4.44 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.13 |
| Orbital period | 5.82 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.24 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.72 – 3.75 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.158 |
| Inclination | 26.2° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.80 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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