9517 Niehaisheng

Niehaisheng
Discovery and designation
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
Ap	3.2119536
Peri	2.0063352
Eccentricity	0.2310371
Orbital period	1539.3791795
Mean anomaly	92.75301
Inclination	5.80574
Longitude of ascending node	50.04629
Argument of peri	328.73880
Physical characteristics
Absolute magnitude (H)	14.4

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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