(29552) Chern Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 15 February 1998 by Beijing Schmidt CCD Asteroid Program at Xinglong.
Shiing-shen Chern (b. 1911) is a Chinese-American mathematician and educator whose researches in differential geometry include the development of the Chern characteristic classes in fiber spaces. These play a role in all areas of mathematics and mathematical physics.Naming citation (20040928/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Chern is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Chern is 2.66 au from the Sun and 1.67 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 29552 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 CS2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 8.40 km (#6,225 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.109 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.57 |
| Orbital period | 4.88 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.88 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.65 – 3.10 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0782 |
| Inclination | 6.80° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.67 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.