(10930) Jinyong Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 6 February 1998 by Beijing Schmidt CCD Asteroid Program at Xinglong.
Jinyong is a pen-name of Louis Cha (b. 1924), author of 15 chivalrous romances in Chinese and the most widely read novelist in Chinese communities in the world. His novels have sold over 300 million copies in various languages. He has won many international honors and is an honorary professor at five universities.Naming citation (20010309/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Jinyong is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Jinyong is 2.94 au from the Sun and 3.32 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 10930 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 CR2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 8.51 km (#6,140 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.169 |
| Rotation period | 286 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.19 |
| Orbital period | 5.33 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.05 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.73 – 3.37 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.106 |
| Inclination | 10.2° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.72 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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