(810619) Gaoyu Outer Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 6 March 2021 by X. Gao X. Liao at Nanshan.

Gao Yu (b. 1983) is a Chinese lecturer at Xi'an University of Finance and Economics. She sponsored the Gaoyu Hope Primary School and established the Gaoyu Scholarship for college students with her book royalties. She was honored as “The Most Beautiful Teacher” by the university.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 5, #21, 16), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Gaoyu is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Gaoyu is 3.51 au from the Sun and 4.26 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number810619
Provisional designation2021 ED52
Orbit classOuter Main-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)17.09
Orbital period5.88 years
Semi-major axis3.26 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.99 – 3.53 au
Eccentricity0.0830
Inclination8.83°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.98 au

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

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