(300892) Taichung Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 28 January 2008 by Lin, C.-S., Ye, Q.-z. at Lulin.
Taichung is Taiwan's third largest city and has been proclaimed as a cultural city.Naming citation (20120207/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Taichung is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Taichung is 3.24 au from the Sun and 3.37 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 300892 |
| Provisional designation | 2008 BT15 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.49 |
| Orbital period | 5.49 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.11 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.79 – 3.44 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.105 |
| Inclination | 1.30° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.79 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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