(178150) Taiyuinkwei Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 14 October 2006 by Lin, C.-S., Ye, Q.-z. at Lulin.
Tai Yuin-Kwei (1897-1982) was a Taiwanese physicist and educator who set up the National Taiwan University Department of Physics and the Graduate Inst of Geophysics, National Central University.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2016-02-22), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Taiyuinkwei is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Taiyuinkwei is 2.52 au from the Sun and 3.07 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 178150 |
| Provisional designation | 2006 TN92 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.64 |
| Orbital period | 4.26 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.63 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.40 – 2.86 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0866 |
| Inclination | 4.60° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.39 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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