(51166) Huimanto Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 26 April 2000 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Man-To Hui (b. 1990) is a Chinese postdoctoral researcher at the Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii (Honolulu, Hawaii), whose studies include photometric and dynamical studies of active asteroids, and near-Sun asteroids and comets.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 1, #2, 26), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Huimanto is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Huimanto is 3.49 au from the Sun and 4.20 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 51166 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 HW63 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 8.58 km (#6,086 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0420 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.38 |
| Orbital period | 5.55 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.13 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.55 – 3.72 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.187 |
| Inclination | 1.72° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.55 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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