(243546) Fengchuanliu Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 8 May 2010 by WISE at WISE.
Fengchuan Liu (b. 1965) is an expert in cryogenic physics who served as the project manager for the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer and NEOWISE projects and who has worked on a number of other NASA low temperature physics experiments.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2013-11-17), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Fengchuanliu is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Fengchuanliu is 3.11 au from the Sun and 2.50 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 243546 |
| Provisional designation | 2010 JH61 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.42 km (#11,806 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0570 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.68 |
| Orbital period | 5.27 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.03 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.68 – 3.37 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.114 |
| Inclination | 16.3° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.76 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.