(38962) Chuwinghung Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 5 October 2000 by W. K. Y. Yeung at Desert Beaver.
Chu Wing Hung (b. 1946), a veteran amateur astronomer in Hong Kong since the 1960s, has put tremendous efforts into lunar and planetary observation and has compiled the comprehensive lunar atlas Photographic Moon Book. This work is freely available to lunar observers via the internet.Naming citation (20061109/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Chuwinghung is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Chuwinghung is 3.31 au from the Sun and 3.73 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 38962 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 TN2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 8.85 km (#5,873 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0430 |
| Rotation period | 10.2 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.82 |
| Orbital period | 4.67 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.79 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.27 – 3.31 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.187 |
| Inclination | 8.89° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.29 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.