(192353) Wangdazhong Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 14 October 1995 by Beijing Schmidt CCD Asteroid Program at Xinglong.
Wang Dazhong (b. 1935) is a Chinese nuclear reactor engineer, an educator, and an Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. He has served as president of Tsinghua University, and he won the 2020 State Preeminent Science and Technology Award of China.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 2, #11, 10), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Wangdazhong is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Wangdazhong is 3.01 au from the Sun and 2.73 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 192353 |
| Provisional designation | 1995 TS1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.81 |
| Orbital period | 4.29 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.64 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.22 – 3.06 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.161 |
| Inclination | 10.2° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.23 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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