(34778) Huhunglick Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 10 September 2001 by W. K. Y. Yeung at Desert Eagle.
Henry Hung-lick Hu (b. 1920) is a barrister-at-law in Hong Kong. In 1971 he founded Shue Yan (“the cultivation of virtue”) College, the first university in Hong Kong that was privately funded.Naming citation (20070402/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Huhunglick is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Huhunglick is 2.83 au from the Sun and 3.82 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 34778 |
| Provisional designation | 2001 RV6 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.22 |
| Orbital period | 4.60 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.77 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.37 – 3.17 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.145 |
| Inclination | 5.21° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.39 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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