(7497) Guangcaishiye Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 17 December 1995 by Beijing Schmidt CCD Asteroid Program at Xinglong.
Named for the Glory Project (Guangcai Shiye), an open poverty relief activity in China. The project actively assists the poor with training, initiating enterprises, developing resources and carrying out commerce. Its operation promotes traditional Chinese virtues and advances the prospects of the poor.Naming citation (19990728/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Guangcaishiye is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Guangcaishiye is 2.06 au from the Sun and 1.18 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 7497 |
| Provisional designation | 1995 YY21 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.96 km (#10,682 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.260 |
| Rotation period | 85.6 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.85 |
| Orbital period | 3.85 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.46 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.99 – 2.92 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.188 |
| Inclination | 2.95° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.991 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.