Luyi (other)
Luyi primarily refers to Luyi County (鹿邑县), of Zhoukou, Henan, China: Luyi may also refer to: * 4776 Luyi, main-belt asteroid discovered in 1975, named after the county * Luyi, Zhenping County, Henan (卢医镇), town in Zhenping County, Henan Zhenping County () is a county in the southwest of Henan province, China. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Nanyang. Introduction Zhenping was known in ancient times as Nieyang. It has a long history of jade carving ...

Luyi County
Luyi County () is a county of eastern Henan, People's Republic of China, bordering Anhui province to the east. It is under the administration of Zhoukou City. The county is known for its make-up brushes production, with over 150 million brushes produced annually. This industry started concentrating in Luyi in the 2010s, the county already had a wool processing industry before. According to Sima Qian's ''Records of the Grand Historian'', the village of Quren (, ''Qūrén lǐ'') in Li township (, ''Lì xiāng'') in Chu's Ku County (, ''Kǔ xiàn'') was the birthplace of the legendary philosopher Laozi. This lies within what is now Luyi. During the Song dynasty the Taiqing Palace was built in Luyi, an important Taoist shrine. Although it only exists as ruins nowadays, it remains an important religious and archeological site. According to some historians, the Battle of Gaixia The Battle of Gaixia was a last stand fought in December 203 BC during the Chu–Han Contention bet ...
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4776 Luyi
4776 Luyi, provisional designation , is a bright background asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 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. Orbit and classification ''Luyi'' is a non-family asteroid from the main belt's background population. It orbits the Sun in the inner asteroid belt at a distance of 1.8–2.9  AU once every 3 years and 6 months (1,286 days; semi-major axis of 2.31 AU). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.23 and an inclination of 5 ° with respect to the ecliptic. The body's observation arc begins with its first and official discovery observation at Oak Ridge. Physical characteristics The asteroid has an absolute magnitude of 14.3. Its spectral type is un ...
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