4776 Luyi
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Harvard University |
| Discovery site | Oak Ridge Obs. |
| Discovery date | 3 November 1975 |
| Designations | |
| (4776) Luyi | |
Named after | Luyi (Chinese town) |
| 1975 VD · 1982 RD2 1982 UU | |
| main-belt · (inner) background | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch 23 March 2018 (JD 2458200.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 42.21 yr (15,418 d) |
| Aphelion | 2.8529 AU |
| Perihelion | 1.7765 AU |
| 2.3147 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.2325 |
| 3.52 yr (1,286 d) | |
| 40.564° | |
| 0° 16m 47.64s / day | |
| Inclination | 5.3929° |
| 3.2435° | |
| 349.13° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 3.645±0.045 km | |
| 0.305±0.030 | |
| 14.3 | |
4776 Luyi, provisional designation 1975 VD, is a bright background asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 3.6 kilometers (2.2 miles) in diameter. It was discovered on 3 November 1975, by Harvard astronomers at the Oak Ridge Observatory in Massachusetts, United States. The asteroid was named for the Chinese town of Luyi, birthplace of Laozi who founded Taoism. Luyi is also named after the son of Harvard astronomer Cheng-yuan Shao.