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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 | |||||||||
| Named after | GNU | |||||||||
| Alternate name(s) | 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° | |||||||||
| Surface temp. Kelvin Celsius |
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| Spectral type | C-type asteroid[1] | |||||||||
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 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]
Other free-software-related asteroid names:
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