(406308) Nanwai Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 19 April 2007 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Nanwai (Nanjing Foreign Language School), one of the first seven foreign language schools in China, was founded in 1963. With the mission “to educate forward-thinking students with a Chinese soul and global vision”, Nanwai provides a student-based education, which encourages well-rounded and unconstrained student development.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 4, #11, 9), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Nanwai is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Nanwai is 3.70 au from the Sun and 2.80 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 406308 |
| Provisional designation | 2007 HG60 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.35 |
| Orbital period | 5.56 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.14 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.57 – 3.71 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.182 |
| Inclination | 10.6° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.58 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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