(83363) Yamwingwah Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 17 September 2001 by W. K. Y. Yeung at Desert Eagle.
Yam Wing Wah (b. 1963) is a chemistry professor at the University of Hong Kong. Her research interests are optoelectronic materials, photochromic and photoswitching materials. She won the 13th L´Oréal-UNESCO Women in Science Awards 2011.Naming citation (20110517/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Yamwingwah is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Yamwingwah is 2.82 au from the Sun and 3.64 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 83363 |
| Provisional designation | 2001 SU1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.47 km (#9,762 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0850 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.03 |
| Orbital period | 4.62 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.77 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.72 – 2.83 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0183 |
| Inclination | 4.01° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.71 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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