28242 Mingantu Discovered 1999 Jan. 6 by the Beijing Schmidt CCD Asteroid Program at Xinglong. Ming Antu (1692-1765?) was a Chinese astronomer and mathematician of the Qing Dynasty. During the decades of his service in the Imperial Observatory, he participated in compiling and editing three very important astronomical works. NOTE: some special characters may not display properly (any characters within {} are an attempt to place the proper accent above a character) Reference: 20020526/MPCPages.arc Last Updated: 2003-10-02