(333384) Huikang Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 28 August 2006 by CSS at Catalina.
Huikang Ma (b. 1991) is an American guidance, navigation, and control engineer for the OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample return mission. He helped develop and verify the sample mass measurement method. Prior to this role, he supported the NASA Kepler Space Telescope, SORCE Solar Observation, QuikSCAT Earth Observation and AIM programs.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 5, #17, 25), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Huikang is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Huikang is 2.32 au from the Sun and 1.53 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 333384 |
| Provisional designation | 2002 QC151 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.85 |
| Orbital period | 4.00 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.52 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.31 – 2.73 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0825 |
| Inclination | 13.4° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.32 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.