(19470) Wenpingchen Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 30 April 1998 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Wen Ping Chen (b. 1958) leads the National Central University of Taiwan's participation in the Taiwan-American Occultation Survey (TAOS), the goal of which is to map the distribution of small transneptunian objects.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #13, 11), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Wenpingchen is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Wenpingchen is 3.05 au from the Sun and 3.75 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 19470 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 HE52 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.17 |
| Orbital period | 4.91 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.89 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.72 – 3.06 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0584 |
| Inclination | 1.07° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.71 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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