Liu Lin (b. 1936) is a professor at China's Nanjing University. He is a expert and educator in celestial mechanics and dynamical astronomy and has made advances in the orbital theory of man-made satellites and celestial bodies, as well as space dynamics. Name suggested by Liao Xinhao.
Discovered on 19-7-2006 in Lulin by Ye, Q.-Z., Lin, H.-C.