(218097) Maoxianxin Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 1 June 2002 by NEAT at Palomar.
Xianxin Mao (b. 1980) of Suzhou, Jiangsu, was a classmate of T. Chen, who located this object in images from NEAT, at Suzhou Pingjiang Experimental Primary School.Naming citation (20101128/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Maoxianxin is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Maoxianxin is 3.34 au from the Sun and 2.40 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 218097 |
| Provisional designation | 2002 LO61 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.35 |
| Orbital period | 5.62 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.16 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.99 – 3.34 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0553 |
| Inclination | 10.1° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.99 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.