9965 GNU
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| Discovery | |||||||||||||
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| Discovered by | Spacewatch | ||||||||||||
| Discovery date | March 5, 1992 | ||||||||||||
| Designations | |||||||||||||
| 9965 GNU | |||||||||||||
Named after | GNU | ||||||||||||
| 1992 EF2, 1988 BD4, 1993 QR3 | |||||||||||||
| Orbital characteristics | |||||||||||||
| Epoch October 27, 2007 | |||||||||||||
| Aphelion | 2.8321038 AU | ||||||||||||
| Perihelion | 2.0035766 AU | ||||||||||||
| 2.4178402 AU | |||||||||||||
| Eccentricity | 0.1713362 | ||||||||||||
| 1373.2190398 d | |||||||||||||
| 0.56312° | |||||||||||||
| Inclination | 12.1934° | ||||||||||||
| 156.63510° | |||||||||||||
| 82.74981° | |||||||||||||
| Physical characteristics | |||||||||||||
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| C-type asteroid[1] | |||||||||||||
| 14.2 | |||||||||||||
9965 GNU is a C-type main belt asteroid. It orbits the Sun once every 3.76 years.[2]
Discovered on March 5, 1992 by Spacewatch, it was given the provisional designation "1992 EF2". It was later renamed "GNU" after the GNU project.[3]
See also
Other free-software-related asteroid names:
References
- ^ Gianluca Masi, Sergio Foglia & Richard P. Binzel. "Search for Unusual Spectroscopic Candidates Among 40313 minor planets from the 3rd Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Moving Object Catalog".
- ^ "9965 GNU (1992 EF2)". JPL Small-Body Database Browser.
- ^ MPC 41571 Minor Planet Center