Ye Peijian
Ye Peijian | |
|---|---|
Peijian, during an interview with China News Service, in 2019 | |
| Born | January 29, 1945 |
| Education | University of Neuchâtel |
| Known for | Asteroid 456677 Yepeijian named in his honor |
| Engineering career | |
| Discipline | Aerospace engineering |
| Institutions | Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics Harbin Institute of Technology |
| Employer | Chinese Academy of Space Technology |
| Projects | Chinese Lunar Exploration Program |
Ye Peijian (simplified Chinese: 叶培建; traditional Chinese: 葉培建; born January 29, 1945) is a Chinese aerospace engineer. He is the Chief Commander and Chief Designer of the Chinese Lunar Exploration Program.[1][2]
Early life and education
Ye was born in Huzhuang Village, Taixing, Jiangsu, China, in January 1945. In 1962, he graduated from Huzhou Middle School in Huzhou, Zhejiang province.
Ye completed his undergraduate education in radio science and graduated from Zhejiang University in 1967. Taking the advice of Chinese aerospace engineer Yang Jiachi to avoid the United States because of American restrictions on sensitive technology, he studied at University of Neuchâtel in Switzerland and received a Doctor of Science in 1985.[3][4]
Career
Ye is a professor both at the Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics and the Harbin Institute of Technology. He is a research fellow and Chief Engineer at the Chinese Academy of Space Technology.
Ye joined the Chinese Communist Party in 1986. He became an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2003.[5]
Ye speaks English and French fluently. The inner main-belt asteroid 456677 Yepeijian, discovered by the PMO NEO Survey Program at XuYi Station in 2007, was named in his honor.[1] Naming citation was published on 12 January 2017 (MPC 103028).[6]
References
- ^ a b "(456677) Yepeijian = 2007 RM119". www.minorplanetcenter.net. IAU Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 2 December 2025.
- ^ Yang, Guo (22 October 2007). "资料：嫦娥工程总指挥兼总设计师叶培建(图)-搜狐新闻" [Profile: Ye Peijian, Chief Commander and Chief Designer of the Chang'e Project]. Sohu (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 28 October 2007. Retrieved 2 December 2025.
- ^ Ye Peijian (2006). "光明日报叶培建：深切怀念良师杨嘉墀先生----中国科学院" [Ye Peijian, Guangming Daily: Deeply Mourning My Mentor, Mr. Yang Jiachi]. www.cas.cn (in Chinese). Chinese Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 2 December 2025.
- ^ "叶培建----中国科学院学部". casad.cas.cn. Archived from the original on 2023-01-25. Retrieved 2023-01-25.
- ^ "China Vitae : Biography of Ye Peijian". China Vitae. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
- ^ Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian (12 January 2017). "M.P.C. 103028" (PDF). MPC/MPO/MPS Archive. Minor Planet Center. p. 768. Retrieved 2 December 2025.
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