(100434) Jinyilian Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 6 June 1996 by Beijing Schmidt CCD Asteroid Program at Xinglong.
Jin Yilian (b. 1929), an academician of the China Academy of Engineering, has raised a number of ideas for technology proposals. He performed as general chief designer of the ‘Shenwei’ series of giant computer systems, with computing speed up to more than 10 trillion instructions per second.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #14, 7), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Jinyilian is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Jinyilian is 2.20 au from the Sun and 2.75 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 100434 |
| Provisional designation | 1996 LJ |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 5.24 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.71 |
| Orbital period | 4.32 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.65 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.11 – 3.19 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.205 |
| Inclination | 17.1° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.10 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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