(110294) Victoriaharbour Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 25 September 2001 by W. K. Y. Yeung at Desert Eagle.
Victoria Harbour is a natural harbor located between Hong Kong Island to the south and Kowloon to the North. It has deep water and is well sheltered and well located, making it one of the busiest seaports in the world. Buildings on both shores are very beautiful, earning Hong Kong the nickname “Pearl of the East”.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2015-08-29), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Victoriaharbour is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Victoriaharbour is 2.69 au from the Sun and 3.04 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 110294 |
| Provisional designation | 2001 SK265 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.76 |
| Orbital period | 4.38 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.68 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.62 – 2.74 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0216 |
| Inclination | 13.4° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.62 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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