(103220) Kwongchuikuen Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 28 December 1999 by W. K. Y. Yeung at Rock Finder.

Kwong Chui Kuen (b. 1960), a producer of documentaries for television, is the wife of the discoverer. This is the chronologically earliest minor planet credited to the discoverer.Naming citation (20080618/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Kwongchuikuen is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kwongchuikuen is 2.37 au from the Sun and 3.26 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number103220
Provisional designation1999 YQ4
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)15.41
Orbital period4.38 years
Semi-major axis2.68 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.16 – 3.19 au
Eccentricity0.192
Inclination9.89°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.18 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also discovered on 28 December 1999

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