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Orbit of 77185 Cherryh around the Sun.
Courtesy NASA/JPL-Caltech. |
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Discovery[1]
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| Discovered by | Don Wells and Alex Cruz |
| Discovery date | March 20, 2001 |
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Designations
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| Named after | C. J. Cherryh |
| Alternate name(s) | 2001 FE9 1998 TG27 |
| Minor planet category |
Main-belt Asteroid |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 (JD 2454600.5 ) | |
| Aphelion | 3.045 AU |
| Perihelion | 2.151 AU |
| Semi-major axis | 2.598 AU |
| Eccentricity | 0.172 |
| Orbital period | 1529.67 d, 4.19 a |
| Average orbital speed | 18.45 km/s |
| Mean anomaly | 21.80° |
| Inclination | 3.16° |
| Longitude of ascending node | 12.89° |
| Argument of perihelion | 230.01° |
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Physical characteristics
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| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.10 |
77185 Cherryh is a main belt asteroid. Its provisional designation was 2001 FE9.
It was discovered on March 20, 2001 at the George Observatory in Needville, Texas by amateur astronomers Don Wells and Alex Cruz of the Fort Bend Astronomy Club (FBAC) Asteroid Discovery Team. The discovery was confirmed the next night by Keith Rivich of the FBAC.
The asteroid was named by Wells and Cruz after the award winning American science fiction and fantasy author C. J. Cherryh.
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