(9512) Feijunlong Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 13 February 1966 by Purple Mountain Observatory at Nanking.
Fei Junlong (b. 1965), a space hero of China, participated in the first multi-person, multi-day spaceflight from China. He and Nie Haisheng were launched on 2005 Oct. 12 in the Shenzhou spaceship and landed successfully after a 115.5-hour flight.Naming citation (20051215/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Feijunlong is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Feijunlong is 2.47 au from the Sun and 3.45 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 9512 |
| Provisional designation | 1966 CM |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 7.04 km (#7,604 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.357 |
| Rotation period | 2.75 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.91 |
| Orbital period | 4.30 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.64 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.36 – 2.93 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.107 |
| Inclination | 14.0° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.37 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.