(18593) Wangzhongcheng Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 5 January 1998 by Beijing Schmidt CCD Asteroid Program at Xinglong.
Wang Zhongcheng (b. 1925), neurosurgeon-academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, is a pioneer in micro-neurosurgery technology and has developed new methods for treating tumors in the brain stem and spinal cord. He was awarded China's State Supreme Science and Technology Prize in 2008.Naming citation (20111210/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Wangzhongcheng is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Wangzhongcheng is 2.32 au from the Sun and 2.05 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 18593 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 AG11 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.17 km (#10,319 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0600 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.14 |
| Orbital period | 3.81 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.44 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.24 – 2.64 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0809 |
| Inclination | 2.88° |
| 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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