(11210) Kevinqian Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 6 April 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Kevin Chengming Qian (b. 2000) was a finalist in the 2019 Regeneron Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors, for his physics project. He attended the Montgomery Blair High School, Silver Spring, Maryland.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #3, 8), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Kevinqian is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kevinqian is 2.10 au from the Sun and 2.95 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 11210 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 GP22 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 8.53 km (#6,132 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0580 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.29 |
| Orbital period | 3.87 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.46 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.09 – 2.84 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.152 |
| Inclination | 2.54° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.08 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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