(461981) Chuyouhua Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 12 November 2006 by Q.-z. Ye H.-C. Lin at Lulin.
You-Hua Chu (b. 1953) is an astronomer, and was director of Academia Sinica's Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics in Taiwan from 2014 to 2020.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 1, #3, 14), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Chuyouhua is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Chuyouhua is 2.76 au from the Sun and 2.79 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 461981 |
| Provisional designation | 2006 VO81 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 17.65 |
| Orbital period | 4.19 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.60 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.85 – 3.35 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.288 |
| Inclination | 3.08° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.863 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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