(192450) Xinjiangdaxue Outer Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 23 November 1997 by Beijing Schmidt CCD Asteroid Program at Xinglong.
Xinjiangdaxue (Xinjiang University) was founded in 1924 and is one of the national key comprehensive universities. It is listed as a comprehensive university for further development in the Great West Project of China.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2018-09-25), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Xinjiangdaxue is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Xinjiangdaxue is 3.08 au from the Sun and 2.13 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 192450 |
| Provisional designation | 1997 WY21 |
| Orbit class | Outer Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 7.52 km (#7,090 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0650 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.52 |
| Orbital period | 5.88 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.26 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 3.08 – 3.43 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0526 |
| Inclination | 23.2° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 2.11 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.