(10388) Zhuguangya Outer Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 25 December 1996 by Beijing Schmidt CCD Asteroid Program at Xinglong.
Chinese nuclear scientist Zhu Guangya (b. 1924) made many contributions to nuclear physics and atomic energy technologies and helped develop China's atomic energy program.Naming citation (20041126/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Zhuguangya is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Zhuguangya is 3.38 au from the Sun and 3.40 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 10388 |
| Provisional designation | 1996 YH3 |
| Orbit class | Outer Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 21.7 km (#1,998 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0550 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.26 |
| Orbital period | 5.77 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.22 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.95 – 3.48 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0827 |
| Inclination | 17.0° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 2.00 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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