(207715) Muqinshuijiao Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 11 September 2007 by PMO NEO Survey Program at XuYi.

Muqinshuijiao (Water cellar for Mothers) is a charity project implemented by the China Women's Development Foundation. It helps people to build water cellars collecting rain water from roof and ground. The project largely solves the water shortage problem in northwest China and benefits more than 2.5 million people.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2015-07-02), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Muqinshuijiao is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Muqinshuijiao is 2.49 au from the Sun and 3.47 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number207715
Provisional designation2007 RC119
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)16.98
Orbital period3.38 years
Semi-major axis2.25 au
Perihelion – aphelion1.87 – 2.63 au
Eccentricity0.169
Inclination4.11°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)0.862 au

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

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