(187709) Fengduan Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 3 March 2008 by PMO NEO Survey Program at XuYi.
Feng Duan (b. 1923), academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, is an expert in condensed-matter physics, a dedicated educator and physics professor at Nanjing University. He has made outstanding contributions in crystal defects and structural transformations.Naming citation (20111012/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Fengduan is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Fengduan is 2.94 au from the Sun and 2.51 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 187709 |
| Provisional designation | 2008 EW36 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.97 |
| Orbital period | 5.01 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.93 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.80 – 3.05 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0421 |
| Inclination | 3.03° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.81 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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