(72060) Hohhot Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 23 December 2000 by W. K. Y. Yeung at Desert Beaver.
Hohhot is the capital city of the province of Inner Mongolia, China.Naming citation (20070730/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Hohhot is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Hohhot is 2.33 au from the Sun and 1.46 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 72060 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 YG16 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.61 |
| Orbital period | 3.77 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.42 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.10 – 2.75 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.134 |
| Inclination | 2.32° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.11 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 23 December 2000
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