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Discovery and designation
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| Discovered by | N. S. Chernykh | |||||||||
| Discovery date | August 23, 1985 | |||||||||
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Designations
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| MPC designation | 9932 Kopylov | |||||||||
| Alternate name(s) | 1985 QP5, 1965 UL2, 1989 TY13 | |||||||||
| Epoch October 27, 2007 | ||||||||||
| Ap | 2.7930064 AU | |||||||||
| Peri | 2.311602 AU | |||||||||
| Semi-major axis | 2.5523042 AU | |||||||||
| Eccentricity | 0.0943078 | |||||||||
| Orbital period | 1489.3510777 d | |||||||||
| Mean anomaly | 192.33698° | |||||||||
| Inclination | 14.16593° | |||||||||
| Longitude of ascending node | 358.22919° | |||||||||
| Argument of peri | 308.09997° | |||||||||
| Dimensions | ~12.9 km[1] | |||||||||
| Geometric albedo | ~0.01 | |||||||||
| Surface temp. Kelvin Celsius |
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| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.4 | |||||||||
9932 Kopylov is a main belt asteroid. It orbits the Sun once every 4.08 years.[2]
Discovered on August 23, 1985 by Nikolai Chernykh working at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory, it was given the provisional designation "1985 QP5". It was later renamed "Kopylov" after Ivan Mikheevich Kopylov, the director of the Special Astrophysical Observatory from 1966 until 1985.[3]
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