2778 Tangshan
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Discovery and designation
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| Discovered by | Purple Mountain Observatory |
| Discovery site | Nanking |
| Discovery date | December 14, 1979 |
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Designations
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| MPC designation | 2778 |
| Alternative names[1] | 1979 XP |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Ap | 2.5585459 |
| Peri | 2.0035021 |
| Eccentricity | 0.1216655 |
| Orbital period | 1258.3260991 |
| Mean anomaly | 140.69729 |
| Inclination | 4.61727 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 92.01178 |
| Argument of peri | 286.43473 |
| Absolute magnitude | 13.0 |
2778 Tangshan (1979 XP) is a Main-belt Asteroid discovered on December 14, 1979 by Purple Mountain Observatory at Nanking.
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