(3960) Chaliubieju Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 20 January 1955 by Purple Mountain Observatory at Nanking.
Named in honor of Cha Liubieju, a friend of the discoverer. She devotes her every effort to caring for and educating sick and destitute mothers and children in China.Naming citation (19981005/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Chaliubieju is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Chaliubieju is 2.95 au from the Sun and 2.48 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 3960 |
| Provisional designation | 1955 BG |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 9.00 km (#5,762 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.288 |
| Rotation period | 3.99 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.38 |
| Orbital period | 4.30 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.65 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.92 – 3.38 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.276 |
| Inclination | 14.4° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.934 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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