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Discovery[1] and designation
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| Discovered by | C. J. van Houten, I. van Houten-Groeneveld & T. Gehrels | |||||||||
| Discovery date | September 24, 1960 | |||||||||
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Designations
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| Named after | Alouette 1 | |||||||||
| Alternate name(s) | 4805 P-L, 1981 EP22 | |||||||||
| Epoch October 27, 2007 | ||||||||||
| Ap | 2.7785774 AU | |||||||||
| Peri | 2.0014784 AU | |||||||||
| Semi-major axis | 2.3900279 AU | |||||||||
| Eccentricity | 0.1625711 | |||||||||
| Orbital period | 1349.5932326 d | |||||||||
| Mean anomaly | 42.19644° | |||||||||
| Inclination | 2.31692° | |||||||||
| Longitude of ascending node | 21.03936° | |||||||||
| Argument of peri | 198.06169° | |||||||||
| Surface temp. Kelvin Celsius |
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| Spectral type | S-type asteroid[2] | |||||||||
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.1 | |||||||||
9995 Alouette is an S-type main belt asteroid. It orbits the Sun once every 3.69 years.[3]
Discovered on September 24, 1960 by C. J. van Houten and I. van Houten-Groeneveld on archived photographic plates made by T. Gehrels, it was given the provisional designation 4805 P-L. It was later renamed Alouette in honour of Alouette-1, the first Canadian satellite.
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