(14147) Wenlingshuguang Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 23 September 1998 by Beijing Schmidt CCD Asteroid Program at Xinglong.
Wenlingshuguang is the event of the first sunlight (“Shuguang” in Chinese) of the new millennium shining on Wenling, Zhejiang, the first geographical point on China's mainland.Naming citation (20010109/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Wenlingshuguang is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Wenlingshuguang is 2.27 au from the Sun and 1.71 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 14147 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 SG43 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.52 km (#11,593 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.286 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.13 |
| Orbital period | 3.55 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.33 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.26 – 2.39 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0296 |
| Inclination | 3.61° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.26 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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