2752 Wu Chien-Shiung
Discovery and designation | |
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Discovered by | Purple Mountain Observatory |
Discovery site | Nanking |
Discovery date | September 20, 1965 |
Designations | |
MPC designation | 2752 |
Named after | Chien-Shiung Wu |
1965 SP | |
Orbital characteristics | |
Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
Aphelion | 3.3463072 |
Perihelion | 2.7050542 |
Eccentricity | 0.1059684 |
1922.3526521 | |
26.43890 | |
Inclination | 10.10774 |
186.53785 | |
198.26255 | |
Physical characteristics | |
11.4 | |
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2752 Wu Chien-Shiung (1965 SP) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 20, 1965 by Purple Mountain Observatory at Nanking. It was named for noted Chinese-American nuclear physicist Chien-Shiung Wu and was the first asteroid to be named after a living scientist.[1]
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