(48799) Tashikuergan Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 8 October 1997 by Xinglong at Xinglong.
Tashikuergan (“Stone City”) is an ancient city along the Silk Road at the western end in China. It is located on Pamir Plateau on the northern side of Kashi area, Xinjiang province, and it has been the only Tajik Autonomous County since 1954.Naming citation (20080122/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Tashikuergan is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Tashikuergan is 2.87 au from the Sun and 1.87 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 48799 |
| Provisional designation | 1997 TX18 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.00 km (#15,212 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.236 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.07 |
| Orbital period | 4.82 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.85 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.72 – 2.99 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0476 |
| Inclination | 2.99° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.70 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.