(91035) Hezehui Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 5 March 1998 by Beijing Schmidt CCD Asteroid Program at Xinglong.

He Zehui (1914–2011) was a renowned physicist and academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. She made outstanding contributions to the advancement of high-energy cosmic-ray physics and high-energy astrophysics in China.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 5, #2, 22), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Hezehui is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Hezehui is 2.90 au from the Sun and 2.09 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number91035
Provisional designation1998 EM21
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)15.18
Orbital period4.36 years
Semi-major axis2.67 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.43 – 2.92 au
Eccentricity0.0919
Inclination12.7°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.44 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also named after someone called He

Also discovered on 5 March 1998

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