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Niehaisheng Discovery and designationDiscovered by Purple Mountain Observatory Discovery site Nanjing, China Discovery date November 3, 1977 DesignationsMPC designation 9517 Named after Nie Haisheng Alternate name(s) 1977 VL1 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 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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