烏魯木齊

1979年10月18日，南京紫金山天文台發現了一顆小行星，後其獲得小行星編號2729，並被命名為“烏魯木齊“星。烏魯木齊是“中國西部的一個開放城市“，“新疆維吾爾自治區首府。新疆的政治、經濟、文化、科技中心。烏魯木齊位於天山北麓，北與準噶爾盆地接壤。它比世界上任何一個城市離海都遠。它是一個自然資源豐富、文化多樣性強的‘寶盆‘。烏魯木齊地處古老的‘絲綢之路’，在第二座亞歐大陸橋上佔有重要地位。“IAU網站上對此解釋的原文為：“Named for an open city in the western part of China, capital of the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region. The political, economic, cultural, scientific and technological center of Xinjiang, Urumqi is located at the northern foot of the Tianshan Mountains, with the Junggar Basin in the north. It is farther from a sea than any other city in the world. It is a "treasure bowl" rich in natural resources and with a wide cultural diversity. Strategically located on the ancient "Silk Road", Urumqi now occupies an important place on the second Eurasian Land Bridge. [Ref: Minor Planet Circ. 18448]”

與大行星的最小軌道交叉距離，來自IAU。