(56088) Wuheng Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 14 January 1999 by Beijing Schmidt CCD Asteroid Program at Xinglong.
Heng Wu (1914-1999) was the founder and organizer of Antarctic research in China.Naming citation (20040306/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Wuheng is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Wuheng is 3.00 au from the Sun and 2.59 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 56088 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 AZ23 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.57 km (#11,492 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.280 |
| Rotation period | 17.5 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.24 |
| Orbital period | 4.24 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.62 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.22 – 3.02 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.154 |
| Inclination | 13.3° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.28 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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