(195853) Ouyangtianjing Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 18 August 2002 by NEAT at Palomar.
Ouyang Tianjing (1944–2015) was a teacher in a primary school and an amateur astronomer in Wuhan, China. He was a pioneer of radio meteor observations in mainland China. The name was suggested by T. Chen, who found this minor planet in public archive data.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #8, 13), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Ouyangtianjing is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Ouyangtianjing is 3.53 au from the Sun and 3.57 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 195853 |
| Provisional designation | 2002 QA80 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.94 |
| Orbital period | 5.51 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.12 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.70 – 3.54 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.136 |
| Inclination | 4.76° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.68 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.