(638624) Xueqikun Outer Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 11 September 2007 by PMO NEO Survey Program at XuYi.
Xue Qikun (b. 1962), an academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences, was the first to experimentally discover the Quantum Anomalous Hall Effect, a new quantum effect that can be used for developing low-energy-consumption electronic devices.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 4, #10, 18), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Xueqikun is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Xueqikun is 3.49 au from the Sun and 3.44 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 638624 |
| Provisional designation | 2016 CY66 |
| Orbit class | Outer Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.9 |
| Orbital period | 5.83 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.24 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.78 – 3.69 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.141 |
| Inclination | 6.33° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.78 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Xue
All asteroids named after someone called Xue
Also discovered on 11 September 2007
- (171448) Guchaohao
- (207715) Muqinshuijiao
- (207716) Wangxichan
- (207717) Sa'a
- (207723) Jiansanjiang
- (210213) Hasler-Gloor
- (210230) Linyuanpei
- (210231) Wangdemin
- (210232) Zhangjinqiu
- (214883) Yuanxikun
- (236845) Houxianglin
- (293787) Mucunbo