(3297) Hong Kong Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 26 November 1978 by Purple Mountain Observatory at Nanking.
Named for the island and city in southeast Asia, a key center of international finance and trade.Naming citation (19981005/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Hong Kong is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Hong Kong is 3.50 au from the Sun and 4.09 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 3297 |
| Provisional designation | 1978 WN14 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 15.6 km (#2,993 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0870 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.49 |
| Orbital period | 5.56 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.14 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.60 – 3.67 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.170 |
| Inclination | 2.38° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.61 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.