4776 Luyi
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| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Harvard University |
| Discovery site | Harvard |
| Discovery date | November 3, 1975 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 4776 |
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Named after
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Luyi County |
| 1975 VD | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Aphelion | 2.8521278 |
| Perihelion | 1.7776668 |
| Eccentricity | 0.2320753 |
| 1286.4591456 | |
| 113.48693 | |
| Inclination | 5.39267 |
| 3.29658 | |
| 348.70948 | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 14.9 | |
4776 Luyi (1975 VD) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 3, 1975 by Harvard University researchers at the Harvard College Observatory.The asteroid is named for a town in the eastern Henan province of China that was the birthplace of Laotze, founder of Taoism,[1] because the astronomer C.Y. Shao, a long-time participant in the minor planet program at Harvard, came from that town. His son was also named for it.
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