Discovery and designation
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Discovered by | Dennis di Cicco | |||||||||
Discovery date | February 19, 1995 | |||||||||
Designations
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Alternate name(s) | 1995 DA, 1987 KS2, 1993 TS37 | |||||||||
Epoch October 27, 2007 | ||||||||||
Ap | 3.0226116 AU | |||||||||
Peri | 2.3915136 AU | |||||||||
Semi-major axis | 2.7070626 AU | |||||||||
Eccentricity | 0.1165651 | |||||||||
Orbital period | 1626.8438637 d | |||||||||
Mean anomaly | 29.82295° | |||||||||
Inclination | 8.31999° | |||||||||
Longitude of ascending node | 49.27899° | |||||||||
Argument of peri | 8.10868° | |||||||||
Surface temp. Kelvin Celsius |
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Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.4 | |||||||||
9983 Rickfienberg is a main belt asteroid. It orbits the Sun once every 4.45 years.[1]
Discovered on February 19, 1995 by Dennis di Cicco, it was given the provisional designation 1995 DA. It was later renamed 9983 Rickfienberg after Richard Tresch Fienberg, the editor of Sky & Telescope at the time.[2]
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