The JPL team takes orbit data from the Minor Planet Center and refines it, asteroid by asteroid.

喷气推进实验室从小行星中心获得轨道数据，并逐颗核对确定小行星的轨道。

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It is also the former number of Route 491, a brand of cough syrup, and forms part of the name of 666 Desdemona, a minor planet in the asteroid belt.

它同时也是491航线的前身；一个止咳糖浆的牌子；姓名表中表示第666号苔丝狄蒙娜；一个小行星带的小行星编号。

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Zhang Yuzhe is credited by the Minor Planet Center for the discovery of 3789 Zhongguo under the name "Y. C. Chang". The asteroid 2051 Chang is named after him.

国际小行星中心将3789“中国号”小行星的发现归功于张钰哲，将2051号小行星命名为“张钰哲星”。

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Each asteroid is plotted using actual documented discovery dates taken from the Minor Planet Center and the Lowell Observatory, major astronomy centers that host large sets of publicly available data.

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