(64290) Yaushingtung Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 22 October 2001 by W. K. Y. Yeung at Desert Eagle.
Yau Shing Tung (b. 1949) is a Chinese-American mathematician who specializes in differential geometry. He received the Fields Medal in 1982 for his contribution to the Calabi conjecture in algebraic geometry. He also received a MacArthur Fellowship in 1984 and the Wolf prize in Mathematics in 2009.Naming citation (20100330/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Yaushingtung is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Yaushingtung is 3.51 au from the Sun and 4.17 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 64290 |
| Provisional designation | 2001 UD11 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.16 |
| Orbital period | 5.59 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.15 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.71 – 3.59 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.139 |
| Inclination | 4.71° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.73 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.