(192178) Lijieshou Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 10 March 2007 by PMO NEO Survey Program at XuYi.

Li Jieshou (b. 1924), an academician of Chinese Engineering Academy, is the founder of surgical nutriology and therapies of refractory gastrointestinal disease in China. He was the first person in Asia to achieve intestinal transplantation and combined liver-small bowel transplantation.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2014-01-16), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Lijieshou is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Lijieshou is 3.04 au from the Sun and 2.49 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number192178
Provisional designation2007 EA200
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)16.88
Orbital period4.20 years
Semi-major axis2.60 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.17 – 3.04 au
Eccentricity0.167
Inclination5.24°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.16 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also named after someone called Li

Also discovered on 10 March 2007

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