(456677) Yepeijian Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 11 September 2007 by PMO NEO Survey Program at XuYi.
Ye Peijian (b. 1945), an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, specializes in spacecraft and information processing. As chief designer and adviser, he made pioneering contributions to the development of remote sensing, lunar and space exploration and space science in China.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2017-01-12), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Yepeijian is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Yepeijian is 1.99 au from the Sun and 0.997 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 456677 |
| Provisional designation | 2007 RM119 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 17.78 |
| Orbital period | 3.79 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.43 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.94 – 2.92 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.203 |
| Inclination | 4.19° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.929 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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