China found that "No. 35366" asteroid named "Kaifeng Star"

China news agency, Kaifeng, October 16 (Reporter Li Guigang) - Morning,Chinese Astronomical Society 2009 Annual Conference Opening Ceremony and "Kaifeng Star" named after the opening ceremony was held in Kaifeng, Henan Province, in the Earth and Mars around the sun between the number of "35366 number" of the asteroid, in the here was officially named "Star of Kaifeng." National Astronomical Observatory of Chinese Academy of Sciences, chief researcher at the opening ceremony, Zhou Xu said, "Kaifeng Star" is the Chinese Academy of Sciences National Astronomical Observatory of Schmidt CCD Asteroid project team found that on October 18, 1997, and its absolute magnitude as 15:09 and so on, running around the day cycle for three points in 2032. The asteroid is similar to the planets within the solar system, but the volume is much smaller than the planets around the sun, the movement of celestial bodies, the naked eye can not see from the Earth.


Mayor of Kaifeng Zhou Zhong said, "Sixty years of the new China was founded, the occasion of the International Astronomical Union named the asteroid 35366" Kaifeng Star "is a long history of the ancient city of Kaifeng and cultural affirmation. Also 27th session of China's Kaifeng Chrysanthemum Flower added a new bright spot. "

Kaifeng called Bian, in ancient times known Bianliang, Bianzhou, Tokyo, Kaifeng is a famous Chinese historical and cultural city, China's outstanding tourist city. Warring States period of Wei, during the Five Dynasties Later Liang Dynasty, Later Jin, Later Han, Later Zhou Dynasty, Song and Kim have its capital here, known as "seven-North Korea will be," said.

In fact, as early as the millennium ago, the ancient city of Kaifeng and the Star on their journey. Historical records, the Northern Song period, AD 1010 to 1106, the conducted five large-scale star position observations; "History of the Song astronomical annals" in the determination of 28 recorded the location of the stars; "Lingtai Secret Garden "and reproduces including 345 officers from the star into the star lodging, go to extreme; the stone in 1247 AD, astronomical maps, engraved with stars more than 1430 stars; the Northern Song Dynasty scientist Shen Kuo and design of the armillary sphere and Jane Kuo Shou-ching device, Su Song, Han Gong-lian, who developed a large clock tower, which are for international research in astronomy has provided valuable information.