4776 Luyi

Summary

4776 Luyi is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 4776 Luyi is credited with the discovery of Harvard College Observatory^[3].
• 4776 Luyi's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 4776 Luyi's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Harvard College Observatory^[5].
• Luyi County is named after 4776 Luyi^[6].
• 4776 Luyi's follows is recorded as Q154639^[7].
• 4776 Luyi's followed by is recorded as 4777 Aksenov^[8].
• 4776 Luyi's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 4776 Luyi's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 4776 Luyi's provisional designation is recorded as 1975 VD^[11].
• 4776 Luyi's provisional designation is recorded as 1982 RD2^[12].
• 4776 Luyi's provisional designation is recorded as 1982 UU^[13].
• 4776 Luyi's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1975-11-03T00:00:00Z^[14].
• 4776 Luyi's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y77l3^[15].
• 4776 Luyi's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20004776^[16].
• 4776 Luyi's significant event is recorded as naming^[17].
• 4776 Luyi's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.23'}^[18].
• 4776 Luyi's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2325154'}^[19].
• 4776 Luyi's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2326058654694359'}^[20].
• 4776 Luyi's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.3'}^[21].
• 4776 Luyi's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.57'}^[22].
• 4776 Luyi's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+5.39295'}^[23].
• 4776 Luyi's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+5.392882910944399'}^[24].
• 4776 Luyi's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.52'}^[25].
• 4776 Luyi's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1287.024543010766'}^[26].
• 4776 Luyi's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+3.24364'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

4776 Luyi's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Luyi County is named after 4776 Luyi^[6].

Why It Matters

4776 Luyi ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]