(2169) Taiwan Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 9 November 1964 by Purple Mountain Observatory at Nanking.
Named for an insular province of China.Naming citation (MPC 5184), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Taiwan is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Taiwan is 2.82 au from the Sun and 3.76 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 2169 |
| Provisional designation | 1964 VP1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 19.3 km (#2,305 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0420 |
| Rotation period | 7.25 hours |
| Spectral type | C |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.67 |
| Orbital period | 4.66 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.79 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.64 – 2.93 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0521 |
| Inclination | 1.53° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.66 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.