发现和命名
1979年10月18日，南京紫金山天文台发现了一颗小行星，后其获得小行星编号2729，并被命名为“乌鲁木齐“星。乌鲁木齐是“中国西部的一个开放城市“，“新疆维吾尔自治区首府。新疆的政治、经济、文化、科技中心。乌鲁木齐位于天山北麓，北与准噶尔盆地接壤。它比世界上任何一个城市离海都远。它是一个自然资源丰富、文化多样性极强的‘宝盆‘。乌鲁木齐地处古老的‘丝绸之路’，在第二座亚欧大陆桥上占有重要地位。“IAU网站上对此解释的原文为：“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]”
其他轨道信息
与大行星的最小轨道交叉距离，来自IAU。
