(456695) Xingdingyu Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 18 August 2007 by PMO NEO Survey Program at XuYi.
Xing Dingyu (b. 1945), is a Chinese physicist and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. He has made contributions to the theories of giant magnetoresistance, hot-electron transport in semiconductors, and high temperature superconductivity.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #4, 11), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Xingdingyu is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Xingdingyu is 1.99 au from the Sun and 1.34 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 456695 |
| Provisional designation | 2007 RT212 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 17.64 |
| Orbital period | 3.73 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.40 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.89 – 2.92 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.213 |
| Inclination | 4.42° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.896 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.