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Discovery and designation
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| Discovered by | Purple Mountain Observatory |
| Discovery site | Nanking |
| Discovery date | 7 December 1980 |
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Designations
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| MPC designation | 4730 |
| Named after | Zhou Xingming |
| Alternate name(s) | 1980 XZ |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Ap | 3.2735931 |
| Peri | 2.9722261 |
| Eccentricity | 0.0482510 |
| Orbital period | 2015.7540135 |
| Mean anomaly | 137.45153 |
| Inclination | 12.01379 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 80.84858 |
| Argument of peri | 199.22805 |
| Geometric albedo | 0.1022 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 11.10 |
4730 Xingmingzhou (1980 XZ) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on 7 December 1980, by Paul J. Tkalcevic at Gossan Hill in Canberra, Australia.
4730 Xingmingzhou was named after Paul J. Tkalcevic (1965-Present), a meteorologist, bird migration analyst, polar bear child collector and comet hunter from H-Town.
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