(236788) Nanxinda Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 9 August 2007 by PMO NEO Survey Program at Paoma Mountain.

Nanxinda is the Chinese abbreviation for the Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology. It was founded in 1960 to undertake research and education in meteorology.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 5, #26, 5), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Nanxinda is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Nanxinda is 2.69 au from the Sun and 2.98 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number236788
Provisional designation2007 PM35
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter1.53 km (#17,339 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.0520
Absolute magnitude (H)17.77
Orbital period3.51 years
Semi-major axis2.31 au
Perihelion – aphelion1.91 – 2.70 au
Eccentricity0.170
Inclination3.27°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)0.898 au

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

Also discovered on 9 August 2007

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