Asteroids named after people called Yang
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(10410) Yangguanghua
Yang Guanghua (1923-2006) was a chemical engineer and an educationalist. He was one of the founders of chemical reaction and petroleum processing engineering and an inaugurator of Chinese higher education in petroleum. He served as President and in other leadership posts within the University of Petroleum and its predecessors.Discovered 4 December 1997 by Beijing Schmidt CCD Asteroid Program, Xinglong
(16164) Yangli
Named in honor of Yang Li for achievement as a finalist in the 2002 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors. Yang is a student at the Ward Melville High School, East Setauket, New York.Discovered 5 January 2000 by LINEAR, Socorro
(21064) Yangliwei
Yang Liwei (b. 1965) was the first from China to orbit the Earth. His Shenzou V space capsule was launched in Oct. 2003. After completing 14 revolutions he landed safely in the grasslands of China's Inner Mongolia province.Discovered 6 June 1991 by E. W. Elst, La Silla
(23761) Yangliqing
Yang Liqing (b. 1988) was awarded second place in the 2007 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his plant sciences team project. He attends the Shanghai Lu Wan Senior High School, Shanghai, China.Discovered 22 May 1998 by LINEAR, Socorro
(26720) Yangxinyan
Yang Xinyan (b. 1992) was awarded second place in the 2010 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her biochemistry team project. She attends the No. 7 High School of Chengdu City, Chengdu, Sichuan, China.Discovered 18 April 2001 by LINEAR, Socorro
(27910) Yangfuyu
Yang Fuyu (1927–2023) was a leading biochemist and an Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. He was one of the major founders of the field of membrane biology in China, and had made significant contributions to the establishment and development of membrane biology research in China.Discovered 10 October 1996 by Beijing Schmidt CCD Asteroid Program, Xinglong
(42175) Yuyang
Yang Yu (b. 1986) is a professor at Beihang University who studies orbits around irregularly shaped small bodies and has worked on understanding the shape evolution of asteroids.Discovered 1 February 2001 by LONEOS, Anderson Mesa
(85728) Yangfujia
Yang Fujia (1936–2022) was a renowned nuclear physicist, educator, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. He served as director of the Shanghai Institute of Nuclear Research, President of Fudan University, president of the University of Nottingham, and president of University of Nottingham Ningbo China.Discovered 17 September 1998 by Beijing Schmidt CCD Asteroid Program, Xinglong
(219983) Yangtongyu
Yang Tongyu (b. 2005) has been involved in the Jiama'erdeng-Tianwentai/ICQ Search and Tracking (JIST) observing program (MPC observatory codes N55 and N56). He is currently studying at the Limai Chinese-American International School in Beijing.Discovered 1 June 2002 by NEAT, Palomar
(267017) Yangzhifa
Yang Zhifa (b. 1933) was a Chinese farmer and one of the discoverers of the first terracotta statues that constitute part of the mausoleum of China's first emperor, Qin Shi Huang.Discovered 16 October 1995 by V. S. Casulli, Colleverde
(330640) Yangxuejun
Yang Xuejun (b. 1963) is an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. He designed the world's first practical CPU-GPU heterogeneous architecture and developed the “Tianhe” high-performance computer system for China, leading the World TOP500 board on seven occasions.Discovered 3 March 2008 by PMO NEO Survey Program, XuYi