(34779) Chungchiyung Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 10 September 2001 by W. K. Y. Yeung at Desert Eagle.
Chung Chi-Yung (b. 1920), together with her husband Henry Hung-lick Hu, founded Shue Yan College in 1971, and Chung served as the college's principal for many years.Naming citation (20070402/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Chungchiyung is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Chungchiyung is 2.21 au from the Sun and 2.41 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 34779 |
| Provisional designation | 2001 RW11 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.52 km (#13,920 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.143 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.37 |
| Orbital period | 3.44 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.28 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.09 – 2.47 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0822 |
| Inclination | 6.18° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.10 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.