(14656) Lijiang Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 29 December 1998 by Beijing Schmidt CCD Asteroid Program at Xinglong.
Lijiang City, in the northwest of Yunnan Province in China, is in the center of the World Natural Heritage “Three Parallel Rivers of Yunnan Protected Areas” and contains the World Cultural Heritage “Old Town of Lijiang”.Naming citation (20040504/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Lijiang is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Lijiang is 2.67 au from the Sun and 3.62 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 14656 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 YN22 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 8.12 km (#6,452 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.185 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.49 |
| Orbital period | 4.50 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.72 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.62 – 2.83 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0390 |
| Inclination | 9.93° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.63 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.