(216331) Panjunhua Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 5 November 2007 by PMO NEO Survey Program at XuYi.
Pan Junhua (b. 1930), an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, is the founder of both optic test equipment and optics manufacturing technology, and a pioneer of aspherical optics application in China.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2018-10-26), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Panjunhua is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Panjunhua is 2.59 au from the Sun and 3.56 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 216331 |
| Provisional designation | 2007 VG125 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.04 km (#17,001 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0810 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 17.21 |
| Orbital period | 3.48 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.30 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.99 – 2.60 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.134 |
| Inclination | 3.74° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.00 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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