(58495) Hajin Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 19 October 1996 by V. S. Casulli at Colleverde.
Ha Jin is the pen name of Xuefei Jin (b. 1956), a Chinese-American writer, poet and essayist. His 1999 novel Waiting received the National Book Award for Fiction and the PEN/Faulkner Award. He currently teaches at Boston University (MA).Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 1, #5, 11), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Hajin is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Hajin is 2.37 au from the Sun and 2.48 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 58495 |
| Provisional designation | 1996 US1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.51 |
| Orbital period | 4.39 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.68 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.22 – 3.15 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.173 |
| Inclination | 13.6° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.22 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.