(281564) Fuhsiehhai Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 23 October 2008 by Hsiao, H.-Y., Ye, Q.-z. at Lulin.
Hsieh-Hai Fu (b. 1952) serves at the Department of Earth Sciences, National Taiwan Normal University, specializing in astronomy and science education, and training university students to teach astronomy in secondary education. He is the founder of the Star Watcher journal and the author of several popular science books.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2015-07-02), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Fuhsiehhai is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Fuhsiehhai is 2.60 au from the Sun and 1.96 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 281564 |
| Provisional designation | 2008 UQ87 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.01 |
| Orbital period | 4.45 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.70 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.58 – 2.83 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0465 |
| Inclination | 7.39° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.59 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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