(2886) Tinkaping Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 20 December 1965 by Purple Mountain Observatory at Nanking.

Where Tinkaping is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Tinkaping is 2.45 au from the Sun and 1.98 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number2886
Provisional designation1965 YG
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter5.78 km (#9,242 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.257
Rotation period12.0 hours
Absolute magnitude (H)13.19
Orbital period3.64 years
Semi-major axis2.37 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.00 – 2.73 au
Eccentricity0.155
Inclination1.31°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.01 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also discovered on 20 December 1965

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