(32928) Xiejialin Inner Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 20 August 1995 by Beijing Schmidt CCD Asteroid Program at Xinglong.
Xie Jialin (b. 1920), Academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences, is a renowned physicist and the founder of particle accelerators in China. Xie has pushed China towards the frontier of accelerator science and technology. He was awarded 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 Xiejialin is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Xiejialin is 2.01 au from the Sun and 2.95 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 32928 |
| Provisional designation | 1995 QZ |
| Orbit class | Inner Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 38.9 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.34 |
| Orbital period | 2.68 years |
| Semi-major axis | 1.93 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.79 – 2.07 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0716 |
| Inclination | 17.4° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.778 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.