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Discovery and designation
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| Discovered by | Purple Mountain Observatory |
| Discovery site | Nanking |
| Discovery date | October 9, 1964 |
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Designations
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| MPC designation | 2012 |
| Named after | Guo Shoujing |
| Alternate name(s) | 1964 TE2 |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Ap | 2.7457899 |
| Peri | 1.9120793 |
| Eccentricity | 0.1789897 |
| Orbital period | 1298.1783745 |
| Mean anomaly | 143.73975 |
| Inclination | 2.90954 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 277.35400 |
| Argument of peri | 36.39271 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.2 |
2012 Guo Shou-Jing (1964 TE2) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 9, 1964 by Purple Mountain Observatory at Nanking. It is named after the Chinese astronomer Guo Shoujing (1233–1316).
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