(281068) Chipolin Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 18 July 2006 by Lin, H.-C., Ye, Q.-z. at Lulin.
Chi Po-lin (1964–2017) was a Taiwanese documentary filmmaker, photographer and environmentalist, best known for his 2013 film Beyond Beauty: Taiwan from Above, which won Best Documentary at the 2013 Golden Horse Awards.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #12, 14), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Chipolin is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Chipolin is 3.39 au from the Sun and 4.34 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 281068 |
| Provisional designation | 2006 OK1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.91 km (#10,798 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0460 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.47 |
| Orbital period | 5.50 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.12 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.84 – 3.40 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0905 |
| Inclination | 16.9° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.85 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.