(94228) Leesuikwan Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 31 January 2001 by W. K. Y. Yeung at Desert Beaver.
Lee Sui Kwan (b. 1968) was a former vice president of the Hong Kong Astronomical Society. He has been putting sustained efforts into astronomical popularization and education to the general public in Hong Kong. He has given several hundred astronomical talks to teenagers to stimulate their interest in astronomy.Naming citation (20061109/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Leesuikwan is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Leesuikwan is 2.56 au from the Sun and 3.11 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 94228 |
| Provisional designation | 2001 BU61 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.83 km (#10,956 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.275 |
| Rotation period | 230 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.1 |
| Orbital period | 4.31 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.65 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.31 – 2.99 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.127 |
| Inclination | 21.6° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.41 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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