(74092) Xiangda Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 22 August 1998 by Beijing Schmidt CCD Asteroid Program at Xinglong.
Xiangtan University, known by the abbreviation Xiangda, is a comprehensive and national key university listed on China's “Double First-class Initiative”. Xiangtan University established the Key Laboratory for Stellar and Interstellar Physics of universities in Hunan Province.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #15, 11), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Xiangda is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Xiangda is 2.71 au from the Sun and 2.67 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 74092 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 QJ5 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.50 km (#13,956 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.190 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.82 |
| Orbital period | 4.47 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.71 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.41 – 3.02 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.113 |
| Inclination | 3.67° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.41 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.