9965 GNU
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Discovery and designation
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| Discovered by | Spacewatch | |||||||||
| Discovery date | March 5, 1992 | |||||||||
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Designations
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| MPC designation | 9965 GNU | |||||||||
| Alternative names[1] | 1992 EF2, 1988 BD4, 1993 QR3 | |||||||||
| Epoch October 27, 2007 | ||||||||||
| Ap | 2.8321038 AU | |||||||||
| Peri | 2.0035766 AU | |||||||||
| Semi-major axis | 2.4178402 AU | |||||||||
| Eccentricity | 0.1713362 | |||||||||
| Orbital period | 1373.2190398 d | |||||||||
| Mean anomaly | 0.56312° | |||||||||
| Inclination | 12.1934° | |||||||||
| Longitude of ascending node | 156.63510° | |||||||||
| Argument of peri | 82.74981° | |||||||||
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| Spectral type | C-type asteroid[2] | |||||||||
| Absolute magnitude | 14.2 | |||||||||
9965 GNU is a C-type main belt asteroid. It orbits the Sun once every 3.76 years.[3]
Discovered on March 5, 1992 by Spacewatch, it was given the provisional designation "1992 EF2". It was later renamed "GNU" after the GNU project, whose software is important to academic computing.[4]
[edit] See also
- 9885 Linux, another free-software-related asteroid name.
[edit] References
- ^ [1]
- ^ 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
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