(179593) Penglangxiaoxue Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 1 June 2002 by NEAT at Palomar.
Penglang School, founded in 1906 in Kunshan City (Jiangsu Province), is an experimental primary School. As a popular science education base of the Purple Mountain Observatory, it undertakes long-term research in meteor showers and astronomical science education.Naming citation (20120703/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Penglangxiaoxue is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Penglangxiaoxue is 2.03 au from the Sun and 1.04 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 179593 |
| Provisional designation | 2002 LK61 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.99 |
| Orbital period | 3.34 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.23 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.96 – 2.51 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.122 |
| Inclination | 9.44° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.953 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.