(58605) Liutungsheng Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 8 October 1997 by Beijing Schmidt CCD Asteroid Program at Xinglong.
Earth scientist and academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Liu Tungsheng (b. 1917) made contributions to the understanding of the environmental change in East Asia over the last several million years. His Loess and the Environment (1985) received worldwide attention in the geoscience community.Naming citation (20081113/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Liutungsheng is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Liutungsheng is 1.86 au from the Sun and 0.983 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 58605 |
| Provisional designation | 1997 TA27 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 4.78 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.14 |
| Orbital period | 3.66 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.38 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.84 – 2.91 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.224 |
| Inclination | 1.28° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.844 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.