10930 Jinyong
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10930 Jinyong is a main-belt
asteroid
discovered on February 6, 1998 by the Beijing Schmidt CCD Asteroid Program
at Xinglong
. It is named after Chinese author Jin Yong, whose birthdate falls on the same day the asteroid was discovered.
Asteroid belt
The asteroid belt is the region of the Solar System located roughly between the orbits of the planets Mars and Jupiter. It is occupied by numerous irregularly shaped bodies called asteroids or minor planets...
asteroid
Asteroid
Asteroids are a class of small Solar System bodies in orbit around the Sun. They have also been called planetoids, especially the larger ones...
discovered on February 6, 1998 by the Beijing Schmidt CCD Asteroid Program
Beijing Schmidt CCD Asteroid Program
The BAO Schmidt CCD Asteroid Program or Beijing Schmidt CCD Asteroid Program or SCAP is/was a project organized on May 1995 by the Beijing Astronomical Observatory and funded by the Chinese Academy of Science...
at Xinglong
Xinglong Station (NAOC)
Xinglong Station is an observatory situated south of the main peak of the Yanshan mountains in Hebei province, China. Installed are seven telescopes: a Mark-III photoelectric astrolabe; a 60cm reflector; an 85cm reflector; a 60/90cm Schmidt telescope; an 1.26m infrared telescope; and a 2.16m...
. It is named after Chinese author Jin Yong, whose birthdate falls on the same day the asteroid was discovered.