(3650) Kunming Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 30 October 1978 by Purple Mountain Observatory at Nanking.
Kunming, the capital of Yunnan province, is one of the hub cities in southwestern China. It enjoys a reputation as “The City of Eternal Spring”.Naming citation (19990928/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Kunming is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kunming is 3.11 au from the Sun and 4.07 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 3650 |
| Provisional designation | 1978 UO2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 26.6 km (#1,567 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0330 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 11.76 |
| Orbital period | 5.49 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.11 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.35 – 3.87 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.244 |
| Inclination | 14.6° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.39 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.