(195657) Zhuangqining Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 12 July 2002 by NEAT at Palomar.

Zhuangqining (b. 1945) is a teacher and the first Secretary-General of the Ningbo Astronomy Amateur Association of China. He has promoted observations of important celestial events to his students and other amateur astronomers and has devoted his energy to popularize science for about forty years.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 5, #21, 6), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Zhuangqining is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Zhuangqining is 3.29 au from the Sun and 3.56 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number195657
Provisional designation2002 NN60
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)15.68
Orbital period5.45 years
Semi-major axis3.10 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.89 – 3.30 au
Eccentricity0.0667
Inclination9.59°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.89 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

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