9517 Niehaisheng
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| Discovery and designation | |
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| Discovered by | Purple Mountain Observatory |
| Discovery site | Nanjing, China |
| Discovery date | November 3, 1977 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 9517 |
| Named after | Nie Haisheng |
| Alternative names | 1977 VL1 |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Aphelion | 3.2119536 |
| Perihelion | 2.0063352 |
| Eccentricity | 0.2310371 |
| Orbital period | 1539.3791795 |
| Mean anomaly | 92.75301 |
| Inclination | 5.80574 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 50.04629 |
| Argument of perihelion | 328.73880 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.4 |
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9517 Niehaisheng (1977 VL1) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on Nov. 3 1977 by the Purple Mountain Observatory at Nanjing, China. It is named after the Chinese astronaut Nie Haisheng, who and Fei Junlong were the crew of Shenzhou 6 launched on Oct. 12 2005 and made a series of scientific experiments in space for five days.
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