(281880) Wuweiren Outer Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 January 2004 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Wu Weiren (b. 1953), an academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering, is the Chief Designer of China's Lunar Exploration Program, and has contributed significantly to China's lunar and deep-space exploration. The Chang'e-4 mission, which he designed, accomplished the first ever soft-landing on the far side of the moon.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 4, #9, 10), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Wuweiren is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Wuweiren is 3.13 au from the Sun and 3.48 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 281880 |
| Provisional designation | 2010 GK126 |
| Orbit class | Outer Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.07 km (#10,483 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0430 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.31 |
| Orbital period | 5.75 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.21 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.80 – 3.62 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.127 |
| Inclination | 17.2° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.87 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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