Asteroids named after people called Li
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(6741) Liyuan
Named in honor of Li Yuan (b. 1925), popularizer of astronomy in the People's Republic of China. He played an important role in the opening of Beijing Planetarium in 1957 and served as a leader of planetarium activities in China. He has published more than 50 books on science, including astronomy, and has frequently contributed to domestic and foreign publications. Name proposed by the discoverers following a suggestion by A. Fujii, H. Tomioka and Y. Shiono.Discovered 31 March 1994 by Endate, K., Watanabe, K., Kitami
(16357) Risanpei
Ri Sanpei (d. 1655), (Li Sam Pyung in Korean) was one of the potters who was taken from the north-west Korean Peninsula to the north-west of Kyushu Island in 1598. Name suggested by K. Hurukawa.Discovered 22 October 1976 by Kosai, H., Hurukawa, K., Kiso
(20846) Liyulin
Li Yu-Lin (b. 1986) was awarded second place in the 2004 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his mathematics team project. He attends the Dominic High School, Kaoshung, Taiwan.Discovered 25 October 2000 by LINEAR, Socorro
(23701) Liqibin
Li Qibin (1936-2003) was the director of the Beijing Astronomical Observatory (1987-1998) and twice president of the Chinese Astronomical Society (1989-1992 and 1995-1998). He contributed much to the development of modern Chinese astronomy.Discovered 3 August 1997 by Beijing Schmidt CCD Asteroid Program, Xinglong
(25659) Liboynton
Li Sallou Boynton (b. 1991) was awarded first place in the 2009 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her environmental science project. She also received the Intel Young Scientist Award. She attends the Bellaire High School, Bellaire, Texas, U.S.A.Discovered 5 January 2000 by LINEAR, Socorro
(26738) Lishizhen
Li Shizhen (1518-1593) was a Chinese herbalist. It took him 28 years to complete his Bencao Gangmu (Compendium of Materia Medica), with details of 1800 drugs.Discovered 28 April 2001 by W. K. Y. Yeung, Desert Beaver
(28201) Lifubin
Li Fubin (b. 1993) was awarded second place in the 2011 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his biochemistry team project. He attends the Zhengzhou No.11 Middle School, Zhengzhou, Henan, China.Discovered 14 December 1998 by LINEAR, Socorro
(28204) Liyakang
Li Yakang (b. 1992) was awarded second place in the 2011 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his biochemistry team project. He attends the Zhengzhou No.2 Middle School, Zhengzhou, Henan, China.Discovered 14 December 1998 by LINEAR, Socorro
(31905) Likinpong
Li Kin Pong Michael (b. 1997) was awarded second place in the 2015 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his materials science team project. He attends the Church of Christ in China Tam Lee Lai Fun Memorial Secondary School, Tuen Mun, Hong Kong, China.Discovered 5 April 2000 by LINEAR, Socorro
(59238) Lilin
Li Lin (1923–2002) was a renowned physicist and academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. She was a Chinese pioneer in research on ductile iron, boron steel, nuclear reactor materials, and thin films of high-temperature superconductors. She was awarded the second prize of the State Scientific and Technological Progress Award of China in 1992.Discovered 5 February 1999 by Beijing Schmidt CCD Asteroid Program, Xinglong
(90825) Lizhensheng
Li Zhensheng (b. 1931) initiated wide-hybridization between common wheat and Thinopyrum ponticum and was also the originator of wheat-chromosome engineering in China. Several cultivars bred from the offspring of his distant hybridization have significantly improved wheat productivity in China.Discovered 28 September 1995 by Beijing Schmidt CCD Asteroid Program, Xinglong
(96612) Litipei
Li Tipei (b. 1939) is a leading astrophysicist and an Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. He has made significant contributions to the study of high-energy astrophysics, and led Insight-HXMT (Hard X-ray Modulation Telescope), China's first X-ray astronomical satellite.Discovered 5 February 1999 by Beijing Schmidt CCD Asteroid Program, Xinglong
(110288) Libai
Chinese poet Li Bai (701-762) belonged to the group of scholars known as the “Eight Immortals of the Wine Cup” in a poem by fellow poet Du Fu. Li Bai is often regarded, along with Du Fu, as one of the two greatest poets in China's literary history.Discovered 23 September 2001 by W. K. Y. Yeung, Desert Eagle
(137039) Lisiguang
Li Siguang (1899-1971), founder of and pioneer in modern Chinese geology, contributed tremendously to earth sciences by creating the new discipline of geomechanics, which made theoretical breakthroughs in geological prospecting, hydrogeology, engineering geology, environmental geology, seismic geology and tectonic geology.Discovered 26 October 1998 by Beijing Schmidt CCD Asteroid Program, Xinglong
(192178) Lijieshou
Li Jieshou (b. 1924), an academician of Chinese Engineering Academy, is the founder of surgical nutriology and therapies of refractory gastrointestinal disease in China. He was the first person in Asia to achieve intestinal transplantation and combined liver-small bowel transplantation.Discovered 10 March 2007 by PMO NEO Survey Program, XuYi
(212797) Lipei
Li Pei (1917-2017), a professor at University of Science and Technology of China and a famous linguist, made significant contributions to the foreign language teaching and research. She was honored as “the mother of Chinese applied linguistics”.Discovered 9 October 2007 by PMO NEO Survey Program, XuYi
(544033) Lihsing
Li Hsing (b. 1930) is one of the most important film directors of Taiwan, and a key figure of the Healthy Realism movement. He has directed more than fifty films and got the Golden Horse Life-Achievement Award in 1995.Discovered 15 September 2007 by LUSS, Lulin
(663467) Limeishu
Li Mei-shu (1902–1983) was a Taiwanese painter, sculptor and educator. He was a co-founder of the Tai-Yang Art Society. He was best known for his paintings as well as his restoration attempt of the Changfu Temple.Discovered 21 July 2007 by Q.-z. Ye C.-S. Lin, Lulin
(698609) Angli
Li Ang (b. 1983) is a Chinese amateur astronomer in Shenyang, Liaoning. He is a member of the Xingming Observatory Sky Survey team and has discovered several new objects, including novae, supernovae and asteroids.Discovered 8 March 2018 by Liao, X., Gao, X., Xingming