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Discovery and designation
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| Discovered by | Edward L. G. Bowell | |||||||||
| Discovery date | October 20, 1985 | |||||||||
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Designations
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| MPC designation | 9934 Caccioppoli | |||||||||
| Named after | Renato Caccioppoli | |||||||||
| Alternate name(s) | 1985 UC, 1981 SK7, 1989 TG14 | |||||||||
| Epoch October 27, 2007 | ||||||||||
| Ap | 3.1778324 AU | |||||||||
| Peri | 1.981331 AU | |||||||||
| Semi-major axis | 2.5795817 AU | |||||||||
| Eccentricity | 0.2319177 | |||||||||
| Orbital period | 1513.2906644 d | |||||||||
| Mean anomaly | 166.14900° | |||||||||
| Inclination | 16.61789° | |||||||||
| Longitude of ascending node | 11.27740° | |||||||||
| Argument of peri | 294.84492° | |||||||||
| Dimensions | ~19.5 km[1] | |||||||||
| Geometric albedo | ~0.01 | |||||||||
| Surface temp. Kelvin Celsius |
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| Spectral type | C-type asteroid[2] | |||||||||
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.5 | |||||||||
9934 Caccioppoli is a C-type main belt asteroid of the solar system. It orbits the Sun once every 4.14 years.[3]
Discovered on October 20, 1985 by Ted Bowell it was given the provisional designation "1985 UC". Later, it was renamed "Caccioppoli" in honour of Francis Caccioppoli, the director of the Naval Institute in Procida, and Renato Caccioppoli, an Italian mathematician, at the suggestion of Ettore Perozzi.[4]
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