(79316) Huangshan Inner Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 18 April 1996 by Beijing Schmidt CCD Asteroid Program at Xinglong.
Huangshan City, named for nearby Mt. Huangshan, is the birthplace of Huizhou culture. There is beautiful natural scenery, human relics and rare natural resources that have allowed the city to be identified for UNESCO World Cultural and Natural Heritage in the World Heritage List.Naming citation (20090209/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Huangshan is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Huangshan is 2.01 au from the Sun and 2.47 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 79316 |
| Provisional designation | 1996 HS7 |
| Orbit class | Inner Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 493 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.01 |
| Orbital period | 2.71 years |
| Semi-major axis | 1.94 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.82 – 2.07 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0635 |
| Inclination | 19.7° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.843 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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