(505906) Raozihe Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 30 March 2011 by PMO NEO Survey Program at XuYi.
Rao Zihe (b. 1950) is a Chinese biophysicist and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the European Academy of Sciences. He has revealed fundamental structure-function and mechanistic insights into the life-cycle of highly pathogenic viruses and Mycobacterium tuberculosisi.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 2, #13, 12), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Raozihe is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Raozihe is 2.90 au from the Sun and 1.99 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 505906 |
| Provisional designation | 2015 DV223 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 17.09 |
| Orbital period | 4.31 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.65 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.37 – 2.93 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.106 |
| Inclination | 12.6° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.37 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.