(79811) Fengzikai Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 9 November 1998 by Beijing Schmidt CCD Asteroid Program at Xinglong.
Feng Zikai (1898-1975) was a famous painter, essayist, and art and music educator in modern China. His unique style of caricature and prose was very popular.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2020-08-07), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Fengzikai is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Fengzikai is 2.82 au from the Sun and 3.17 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 79811 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 VV35 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.90 km (#15,448 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.133 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.34 |
| Orbital period | 4.24 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.62 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.39 – 2.84 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0855 |
| Inclination | 1.19° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.41 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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