(10410) Yangguanghua Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 4 December 1997 by Beijing Schmidt CCD Asteroid Program at Xinglong.
Yang Guanghua (1923-2006) was a chemical engineer and an educationalist. He was one of the founders of chemical reaction and petroleum processing engineering and an inaugurator of Chinese higher education in petroleum. He served as President and in other leadership posts within the University of Petroleum and its predecessors.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2018-10-26), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Yangguanghua is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Yangguanghua is 3.55 au from the Sun and 3.53 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 10410 |
| Provisional designation | 1997 XR9 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 11.0 km (#4,548 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.230 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.6 |
| Orbital period | 5.64 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.17 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.74 – 3.59 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.135 |
| Inclination | 7.93° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.74 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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