(7683) Wuwenjun Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 19 February 1997 by Beijing Schmidt CCD Asteroid Program at Xinglong.
Wenjun Wu (b. 1919), a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, is the originator in the research on mathematics mechanization in China. He made outstanding achievements in characteristic classes and imbedding classes and invented Wu's Method to prove geometry theorems by computers.Naming citation (20010804/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Wuwenjun is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Wuwenjun is 1.99 au from the Sun and 1.57 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 7683 |
| Provisional designation | 1997 DE |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.83 km (#9,187 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.138 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.1 |
| Orbital period | 3.39 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.26 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.98 – 2.53 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.122 |
| Inclination | 7.06° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.999 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.