(392655) Fengmin Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 31 March 2009 by CSS at Catalina.

Feng Min (b. 1940), a researcher of Chinese Academy of Sciences, is an expert in the modern application of traditional Chinese medicine. He led the team that was the first to extract Ganoderma lucidum spore oil.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 5, #14, 22), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Fengmin is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Fengmin is 3.12 au from the Sun and 2.17 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number392655
Provisional designation2011 UL205
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)16.17
Orbital period5.01 years
Semi-major axis2.93 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.74 – 3.12 au
Eccentricity0.0641
Inclination11.9°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.74 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also named after someone called Feng

Also discovered on 31 March 2009

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