Asteroids named after people called Kun

(48636) Huangkun

Kun Huang (1919-2005), academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, was an internationally known physicist. He was one of the principal founders of solid-state and semiconductor physics in China. He won the China State Supreme Science and Technology Award in 2001.Discovered 28 September 1995 by Beijing Schmidt CCD Asteroid Program, Xinglong