(71461) Chowmeeyee Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 28 January 2000 by W. K. Y. Yeung at Rock Finder.
Chow Mee Yee (1960-2005) was a classmate of the discoverer at Hong Kong Pui Ching Middle School.Naming citation (20060413/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Chowmeeyee is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Chowmeeyee is 3.04 au from the Sun and 3.39 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 71461 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 BA4 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.92 km (#10,754 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.139 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.45 |
| Orbital period | 5.42 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.08 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.98 – 3.19 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0332 |
| Inclination | 10.6° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 2.01 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.