(55381) Lautakwah Outer Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 25 September 2001 by W. K. Y. Yeung at Desert Eagle.
Andy Lau Tak-wah (b. 1961) is a Hong Kong actor, singer and film producer. Lau was entered into the Guinness World Records for the ‘Most Awards Won by a Cantopop Male Artist’ with a total unprecedented 292 awards won by year 2000. In 1999, he was also awarded the Ten Outstanding Young Persons of the World.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2018-05-29), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Lautakwah is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Lautakwah is 3.33 au from the Sun and 3.83 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 55381 |
| Provisional designation | 2001 SX264 |
| Orbit class | Outer Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 8.36 km (#6,259 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0530 |
| Rotation period | 17.0 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.24 |
| Orbital period | 5.85 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.24 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.91 – 3.58 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.104 |
| Inclination | 6.38° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.91 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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