9000 Hal
Appearance
Discovery | |
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Discovered by | Bowell, E. |
Discovery site | Anderson Mesa |
Discovery date | May 3, 1981 |
Designations | |
9000 | |
Named after | HAL 9000 |
1981 JO | |
Orbital characteristics | |
Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
Aphelion | 2.6956424 |
Perihelion | 1.7653822 |
Eccentricity | 0.2085306 |
1216.7612513 | |
343.16328 | |
Inclination | 6.26166 |
226.71346 | |
79.74208 | |
Physical characteristics | |
13.6 | |
9000 Hal (1981 JO) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on May 3, 1981 by Bowell, E. at Anderson Mesa.
It was named after the HAL 9000 computer of the 2001: A Space Odyssey science fiction series by Arthur C. Clarke.
External links
- 9000 Hal at the JPL Small-Body Database