(23258) Tsuihark Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 29 December 2000 by W. K. Y. Yeung at Desert Beaver.
Hark Tsui (b. 1951) is a brilliant Hong Kong movie producer and director whose numerous productions include Chinese Ghost Story (1987) and Green Snake (1993). In 1991 Tsui won the Best Director award at the Hong Kong Film Awards with Once Upon a Time in China.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 2, #8, 8), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Tsuihark is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Tsuihark is 2.48 au from the Sun and 3.47 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 23258 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 YY21 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.39 km (#14,255 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.222 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.81 |
| Orbital period | 3.53 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.32 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.93 – 2.71 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.170 |
| Inclination | 6.84° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.922 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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