(172315) Changqiaoxiaoxue Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 15 October 2002 by NEAT at Palomar.
Suzhou ChangQiao Primary School was founded in 1911. It is located in Lishu, a town with a thousand years of history.Naming citation (20120703/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Changqiaoxiaoxue is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Changqiaoxiaoxue is 2.54 au from the Sun and 3.22 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 172315 |
| Provisional designation | 2002 TL300 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.73 |
| Orbital period | 4.50 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.73 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.54 – 2.92 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0702 |
| Inclination | 15.3° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.60 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.