(48616) Yeminghan Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 2 April 1995 by Beijing Schmidt CCD Asteroid Program at Xinglong.
Ye Minghan (1925–2024) was a Chinese experimental high-energy physicist and particle-detection technology expert, and an Academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering. He was a major contributor to the Beijing Electron Positron Collider, the Beijing Spectrometer, and to the development of experimental high-energy physics technology in China.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 5, #4, 26), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Yeminghan is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Yeminghan is 3.10 au from the Sun and 2.83 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 48616 |
| Provisional designation | 1995 GP7 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 8.21 km (#6,382 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0390 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.82 |
| Orbital period | 4.68 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.80 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.48 – 3.12 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.114 |
| Inclination | 5.33° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.47 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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