(48636) Huangkun Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 28 September 1995 by Beijing Schmidt CCD Asteroid Program at Xinglong.
Kun Huang (1919-2005), academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, was an internationally known physicist. He was one of the principal founders of solid-state and semiconductor physics in China. He won the China State Supreme Science and Technology Award in 2001.Naming citation (20100726/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Huangkun is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Huangkun is 1.98 au from the Sun and 1.12 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 48636 |
| Provisional designation | 1995 SS53 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 1.53 km (#17,336 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.362 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.07 |
| Orbital period | 3.48 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.29 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.79 – 2.80 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.221 |
| Inclination | 3.70° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.801 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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