(8917) Tianjindaxue Outer Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 9 March 1996 by Beijing Schmidt CCD Asteroid Program at Xinglong.
Tianjindaxue (Tianjin University), founded in 1895 as Peiyang University, is the oldest modern institution of higher education in China and has developed into one of the leading multidisciplinary research universities of the country, in engineering in particular.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2018-05-29), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Tianjindaxue is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Tianjindaxue is 3.03 au from the Sun and 2.20 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 8917 |
| Provisional designation | 1996 EU2 |
| Orbit class | Outer Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 37.1 km (#1,069 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0460 |
| Rotation period | 13.5 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 11.42 |
| Orbital period | 6.28 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.40 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 3.00 – 3.81 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.120 |
| Inclination | 15.5° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 2.01 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.