(9221) Wuliangyong Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 2 December 1995 by Beijing Schmidt CCD Asteroid Program at Xinglong.
Wu Liangyong (b. 1922) is an architect, city planner, and educator, and the founder of Sciences of Human Settlements in China. He has received many international prizes, as well as the State Preeminent Science and Technology Award of China in 2011.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2015-01-05), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Wuliangyong is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Wuliangyong is 1.95 au from the Sun and 1.68 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 9221 |
| Provisional designation | 1995 XP2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.00 km (#15,213 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.410 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.53 |
| Orbital period | 3.41 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.27 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.85 – 2.68 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.183 |
| Inclination | 2.44° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.856 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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