(34792) Hsiehcheching Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 20 September 2001 by W. K. Y. Yeung at Desert Eagle.

Hsieh Che-ching (b. 1973) is a Taiwanese travel and art-history author. His book Banknotes Writing Romance won the Golden Ding Award for excellent publications. His book Starlit Ballad published in 2017 was the most poetic astronomy book ever read by the discoverer.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 5, #11, 11), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Hsiehcheching is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Hsiehcheching is 2.55 au from the Sun and 3.54 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number34792
Provisional designation2001 SE10
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)15.47
Orbital period3.82 years
Semi-major axis2.45 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.14 – 2.75 au
Eccentricity0.124
Inclination5.84°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.14 au

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

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