(80801) Yiwu Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 8 February 2000 by Spacewatch at Kitt Peak.
Yiwu, with a population of 20~000, is a small county within the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in Northwest China. It was the prime location chosen by many shadow chasers from all over the world to witness the total solar eclipse on 2008 Aug. 1. These included W. K. Y. Young, who suggested the name for this object.Naming citation (20081113/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Yiwu is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Yiwu is 2.53 au from the Sun and 3.41 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 80801 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 CP98 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.55 |
| Orbital period | 3.77 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.42 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.96 – 2.89 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.193 |
| Inclination | 0.781° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.939 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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