(7800) Zhongkeyuan Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 11 March 1996 by Beijing Schmidt CCD Asteroid Program at Xinglong.
Named for the Chinese Academy of Sciences (zhong guo ke xue yuan) on the occasion of its 50th anniversary. Founded on 1949 Nov. 1, it is China's most prestigious academic institution and comprehensive research and development center in science and technology. Over the past half century, the Chinese Academy of Sciences has made tremendous contributions to science and technology in China, to the country's economic construction and development and to human civilization and progress.Naming citation (19990202/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Zhongkeyuan is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Zhongkeyuan is 2.05 au from the Sun and 3.00 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 7800 |
| Provisional designation | 1996 EW2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.51 km (#13,932 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.389 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.17 |
| Orbital period | 3.33 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.23 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.94 – 2.52 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.130 |
| Inclination | 3.28° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.926 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.