(4913) Wangxuan Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 20 September 1965 by Purple Mountain Observatory at Nanking.
Chinese scientist Wang Xuan (1937-2006) specialized in computer science. An innovator of the Chinese Printing Industry, he was an academician at the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Chinese Academy of Engineering, and he devoted himself to education in computer science as a professor of Peking University.Naming citation (20071124/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Wangxuan is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Wangxuan is 2.06 au from the Sun and 1.18 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 4913 |
| Provisional designation | 1965 SO |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.00 km (#8,928 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.384 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.32 |
| Orbital period | 3.82 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.44 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.98 – 2.91 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.190 |
| Inclination | 3.04° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.967 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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