(35313) Hangtianyuan Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 2 January 1997 by Beijing Schmidt CCD Asteroid Program at Xinglong.
Zhongguo Hangtianyuan Zhongxin, the Astronaut Center of China, is located in Beijing Space City, a beautiful modern city in the northwestern suburbs of Beijing. The center has made great contributions to the success of manned spaceflight in China.Naming citation (20080321/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Hangtianyuan is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Hangtianyuan is 3.06 au from the Sun and 3.84 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 35313 |
| Provisional designation | 1997 AC6 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.73 |
| Orbital period | 4.84 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.86 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.64 – 3.08 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0770 |
| Inclination | 3.12° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.64 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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