Discovered by Harvard University Alternative names 1975 VD Discovered 3 November 1975 Named after Luyi County MPC designation 4776 | Discovery date 3 November 1975 Observation arc 14747 days (40.38 yr) Orbits Sun Asteroid group Asteroid belt | |
Aphelion 2.8529985 AU (426.80250 Gm) Perihelion 1.7793289 AU (266.18381 Gm) Discovery site Harvard College Observatory Discoverer Harvard College Observatory | ||
4776 Luyi (1975 VD) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 3, 1975 by Harvard University researchers at the Harvard College Observatory.The asteroid is named for a town in the eastern Henan province of China that was the birthplace of Laotze, founder of Taoism, because the astronomer C.Y. Shao, a long-time participant in the minor planet program at Harvard, came from that town. His son was also named for it.
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