Zhongguo
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Zhongguo is a Mandarin name of China, literally translating as "Middle Kingdom". .
It is also the official name of the asteroid
number 3789
in the outer main belt.
It is also the official name of the 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...
number 3789
3789 Zhongguo
3789 Zhongguo is an outer main-belt asteroid discovered on October 25, 1928 by Y. C. Chang at Williams Bay. It is one of very few asteroids located in the 2 : 1 mean motion resonance with Jupiter. When first discovered in 1928, Zhongguo was named 1125 China. However, as it was not seen again, its...
in the outer main belt.