(5013) Suzhousanzhong Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 9 November 1964 by Purple Mountain Observatory at Nanking.
Suzhousanzhong (Suzhou No. 3 Middle School) in Jiangsu province is celebrating its one-hundredth anniversary. Founded in 1906, the school specializes in scientific and technological education. Many talented persons were trained there.Naming citation (20060809/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Suzhousanzhong is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Suzhousanzhong is 2.95 au from the Sun and 3.78 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 5013 |
| Provisional designation | 1964 VT1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 10.1 km (#5,051 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.158 |
| Rotation period | 10.1 hours |
| Spectral type | Sl |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.82 |
| Orbital period | 4.59 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.76 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.57 – 2.95 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0686 |
| Inclination | 3.70° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.58 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.