(77318) Danieltsui Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 27 March 2001 by W. K. Y. Yeung at Desert Beaver.
Chinese-born American physicist Daniel Chee Tsui (b. 1939), a graduate of Pui Ching Middle School in Hong Kong, is renowned for his research on the electrical properties of thin films and on the microstructures of semiconductors and solid-state physics. In 1998 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics.Naming citation (20080819/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Danieltsui is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Danieltsui is 2.34 au from the Sun and 1.84 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 77318 |
| Provisional designation | 2001 FL86 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.13 |
| Orbital period | 3.49 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.30 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.09 – 2.51 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0928 |
| Inclination | 5.18° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.08 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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