(207603) Liuchaohan Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 27 August 2006 by Lin, H.-C., Ye, Q.-z. at Lulin.
Liu Chao-Han (b. 1939) is a Taiwanese physicist and educator who served as President of National Central University from 1990 to 2003. He is a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, and a Fellow of the Academia Sinica and the National Academy of Engineering.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2016-02-22), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Liuchaohan is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Liuchaohan is 2.91 au from the Sun and 3.66 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 207603 |
| Provisional designation | 2006 QD111 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.17 km (#14,784 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.133 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.32 |
| Orbital period | 5.37 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.07 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.79 – 3.34 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0894 |
| Inclination | 9.21° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.79 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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