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Minor Planet Designation	3751 Kiang
Asteroid Group	Main Asteroid Belt
Asteroid Family	Not applicable
Composition Class	Not known
Orbital Period	5 years, 217 days
Distance from the Sun	Semi-Major Axis: 471,440,000 km (3.15 AU) Perihelion: 422,515,000 km (2.82 AU) Aphelion: 520,365,000 km (3.48 AU)
Eccentricity	0.1038
Diameter (Mean)	24.1 kilometres
Notes	Kiang is a small asteroid, first identified in 1983 and named for astronomer Tao Kiang, who had a particular interest in the orbital elements of asteroids. Asteroid 3751 Kiang follows a path around the outer edge of the Solar System's Asteroid Belt.

The path of Kiang's orbit carries it around the outer fringes of the Asteroid Belt in a period of five years and 217 days.

A minor asteroid with an orbit lying between those of Mars and Jupiter, some 471 million kilometres from the Sun.

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