(1125) China Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 30 October 1957 by Purple Mountain Observatory at Nanking.
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Where China is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: China is 3.26 au from the Sun and 4.21 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 1125 |
| Provisional designation | 1957 UN1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 26.1 km (#1,609 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0780 |
| Rotation period | 5.37 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 11.67 |
| Orbital period | 5.53 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.13 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.45 – 3.81 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.217 |
| Inclination | 3.04° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.46 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.