(55382) Kootinlok Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 25 September 2001 by W. K. Y. Yeung at Desert Eagle.
Louis Koo Tin-lok (b. 1970) is a Hong Kong actor and film producer. He started his career in televison and won TVB's Best Actor award in both 1999 and 2001. Koo is one of the most popular and talented actors of the Hong Kong film industry. He is also a low-key donor who had helped build close to 100 schools in China.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2018-05-29), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Kootinlok is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kootinlok is 2.96 au from the Sun and 3.51 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 55382 |
| Provisional designation | 2001 SS265 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.52 km (#13,914 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.143 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.91 |
| Orbital period | 4.71 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.81 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.67 – 2.96 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0519 |
| Inclination | 2.53° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.65 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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