Asteroids named after people called Hong
👶 Hong as a baby name
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.Discovered 29 December 2000 by W. K. Y. Yeung, Desert Beaver
Chow Yun-fat (b. 1955) is an actor born in Hong Kong. He is best known for his roles as Sao Feng in Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End. He has won three Hong Kong Film Awards for Best Actor. His simple daily life style has won him the nickname “Son of Hong Kong”.Discovered 15 June 2001 by W. K. Y. Yeung, Desert Beaver
Yuen Kwok-yung (b. 1956) is a Hong Kong microbiologist, physician and surgeon, with over 700 publications in peer reviewed journals. During the global outbreak of SARS in 2003, he led his team in the discovery of the SARS coronavirus, being honored as “Asian heroes of the year” in the 2013 April issue of Time Asia.Discovered 1 November 2000 by W. K. Y. Yeung, Desert Beaver
Wong Ka Kui (1962-1993) was a Hong Kong singer and songwriter, best known for being the lead vocalist, rhythm guitarist and main songwriter of the rock band Beyond, which he founded.Discovered 1 November 2000 by W. K. Y. Yeung, Desert Beaver
Named after the Hong Kong Po Leung Kuk Education Department for their efforts over the past seven years in supporting student exploration of the sky.Discovered 25 September 2001 by W. K. Y. Yeung, Desert Eagle
The motto of the Chinese University of Hong Kong is “bowenyueli”, which means “Through learning and temperance to virtue”. These words of Confucius have long been considered a principal precept of his teaching. The University lays equal emphasis on the intellectual and moral aspects of education.Discovered 25 September 2001 by W. K. Y. Yeung, Desert Eagle
Hong Daeyong (1731-1783), a scientist in the late Chosun Dynasty, worked to overcome old, conventional cosmology in Korea and advocated new concepts introduced through China. He also invented numerous astronomical instruments.Discovered 25 September 2001 by Jeon, Y.-B., Park, Y.-H., Choo, K.-J., Bohyunsan
Bauhinia × blakeana is the Hong Kong City Flower.Discovered 11 May 2004 by W. K. Y. Yeung, Desert Eagle
Gangkeda, the Chinese abbreviation for the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Xiang Gang Ke Ji Da Xue), was founded in 1991. For two decades, Gangkeda has cultivated high-tech and MBA talent, and has developed into a well-known tertiary institution in Asia.Discovered 29 February 2008 by PMO NEO Survey Program, XuYi
Ching-Wa Yip (b. 1974) is a Hong Kong astronomer and a contributor to the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, best known for her work in galaxy spectroscopy.Discovered 5 October 2002 by Sloan Digital Sky Survey, Apache Point
Hong Kyu Kang (b. 1964) is an American senior staff engineer at Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory. He was a member of the New Horizons science operations team, planning and verifying instrument operations for the flybys of Pluto and Arrokoth. In addition, he worked on numerous NASA missions including MESSENGER, Parker Solar Probe, and Europa Clipper.Discovered 8 February 2002 by M. W. Buie, Kitt Peak
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