(256699) Poudai Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 7 January 2008 by Ye, Q.-Z., Lin, H.-C. at Lulin.
Poudai Town (Puqian Zhen) is a town in Vunsiang City (Wenchang Shi), Hainan. The town contains one of the oldest streets on Hainan Island, as well as a series of underwater villages that sank into the South China Sea during an earthquake in 1605.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2014-10-08), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Poudai is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Poudai is 2.42 au from the Sun and 2.16 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 256699 |
| Provisional designation | 2008 AZ2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.17 |
| Orbital period | 4.16 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.59 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.39 – 2.78 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0745 |
| Inclination | 8.80° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.38 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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