(175718) Wuzhengyi Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 2 February 1997 by Beijing Schmidt CCD Asteroid Program at Xinglong.
Wu Zhengyi (b. 1916), botanist-academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, has made pioneering achievements in plant taxonomy, floristics and the study on Chinese plant resources. He was awarded the International COSMOS Prize in 1999 and China's State Supreme Science and Technology Prize in 2007.Naming citation (20111210/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Wuzhengyi is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Wuzhengyi is 2.26 au from the Sun and 3.25 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 175718 |
| Provisional designation | 1997 CG19 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.99 |
| Orbital period | 3.64 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.37 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.02 – 2.71 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.147 |
| Inclination | 2.29° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.03 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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