(3024) Hainan Outer Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 23 October 1981 by Purple Mountain Observatory at Nanking.
Where Hainan is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Hainan is 3.25 au from the Sun and 2.97 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 3024 |
| Provisional designation | 1981 UW9 |
| Orbit class | Outer Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 37.2 km (#1,067 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0670 |
| Rotation period | 11.7 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 11.02 |
| Orbital period | 6.30 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.41 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.97 – 3.86 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.131 |
| Inclination | 14.8° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.97 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 23 October 1981
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