(2185) Guangdong Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 20 November 1965 by Purple Mountain Observatory at Nanking.
Named for a coastal province in southern China.Naming citation (MPC 5184), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Guangdong is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Guangdong is 2.39 au from the Sun and 2.86 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 2185 |
| Provisional designation | 1965 WO |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 14.8 km (#3,177 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.242 |
| Rotation period | 21.1 hours |
| Spectral type | S |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 11.53 |
| Orbital period | 4.46 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.71 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.27 – 3.15 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.162 |
| Inclination | 9.60° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.28 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 20 November 1965
More named asteroids discovered by Purple Mountain Observatory
- (1125) China
- (1802) Zhang Heng
- (1888) Zu Chong-Zhi
- (1972) Yi Xing
- (2012) Guo Shou-Jing
- (2027) Shen Guo
- (2045) Peking
- (2077) Kiangsu
- (2078) Nanking
- (2085) Henan
- (2162) Anhui
- (2169) Taiwan
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