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Chanyikhei Discovery and designationDiscovered by Lincoln Laboratory Near-Earth Asteroid Research Team Discovery site Socorro Discovery date September 1, 2000 DesignationsMPC designation 20780 Alternate name(s) 2000 RO11 Epoch May 14, 2008 Ap 2.8864975 Peri 2.1909233 Eccentricity 0.1369936 Orbital period 1477.4683006 Mean anomaly 310.13579 Inclination 6.49812 Longitude of ascending node 182.38938 Argument of peri 244.86175 Absolute magnitude (H) 14.7 20780 Chanyikhei (2000 RO11) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 1, 2000 by the Lincoln Laboratory Near-Earth Asteroid Research Team at Socorro. It was named after Chan Yik Hei, a science amateur from Hong Kong who achieved a Second Award in Engineering Category of the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair in 2004, under the Ceres Connection program.
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