(23686) Songyuan Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 8 May 1997 by Beijing Schmidt CCD Asteroid Program at Xinglong.
Songyuan is an emerging city established in 1992 in Jilin province, northeastern China. It has not only vast natural resources but also a splendid cultural heritage.Naming citation (20070402/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Songyuan is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Songyuan is 3.06 au from the Sun and 3.33 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 23686 |
| Provisional designation | 1997 JZ7 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.07 km (#10,481 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.220 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.9 |
| Orbital period | 4.41 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.69 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.23 – 3.14 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.169 |
| Inclination | 12.8° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.25 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.