(231346) Taofanlin Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 10 March 2006 by Lin, H.-C., Ye, Q.-z. at Lulin.
Tao Fan-Lin, director of the Taipei amateur astronomers association, has worked at Taipei Observatory and Taipei Astronomical Museum for four decades.Naming citation (20121029/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Taofanlin is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Taofanlin is 3.04 au from the Sun and 2.26 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 231346 |
| Provisional designation | 2006 EL67 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.48 |
| Orbital period | 4.56 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.75 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.35 – 3.15 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.145 |
| Inclination | 3.30° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.37 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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