(2344) Xizang Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 27 September 1979 by Purple Mountain Observatory at Nanking.
Named for the autonomous region, also known as Tibet, on the south-western border of China.Naming citation (MPC 6060), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Xizang is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Xizang is 3.08 au from the Sun and 3.33 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 2344 |
| Provisional designation | 1979 SC1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 16.5 km (#2,792 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0940 |
| Rotation period | 13.0 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 11.88 |
| Orbital period | 4.57 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.76 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.24 – 3.27 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.187 |
| Inclination | 3.90° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.23 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.