77185 Cherryh
|
Orbit of 77185 Cherryh around the Sun. Courtesy NASA/JPL-Caltech. | |
| Discovery[1] | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by |
Don Wells and Alex Cruz |
| Discovery date | March 20, 2001 |
| Designations | |
Named after | C. J. Cherryh |
|
2001 FE9 1998 TG27 | |
| Main-belt Asteroid | |
| Orbital characteristics[1] | |
| Epoch December 9, 2014 (JD 2457000.5 ) | |
| Aphelion | 3.050 AU |
| Perihelion | 2.145 AU |
| 2.598 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.174 |
| 1529.21 d, 4.19 a | |
Average orbital speed | 18.45 km/s |
| 53.03° | |
| Inclination | 3.15° |
| 12.66° | |
| 231.61° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 15.90 | |
|
| |
77185 Cherryh is a main belt asteroid. Its provisional designation was 2001 FE9.
It was discovered on March 20, 2001 at the George Observatory in Needville, Texas by amateur astronomers Don Wells and Alex Cruz of the Fort Bend Astronomy Club (FBAC) Asteroid Discovery Team. The discovery was confirmed the next night by Keith Rivich of the FBAC.
The asteroid was named by Wells and Cruz after the award winning American science fiction and fantasy author C. J. Cherryh.
See also
- Asteroid belt
- List of minor planets named after people
- List of minor planets: 77001–78000
- Meanings of minor planet names: 77001–78000
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 77185 Cherryh (2001 FE9). JPL Small-Body Database Browser.
External links
- JPL Small-Body Database Browser. 77185 Cherryh.
- FBAC Asteroid and HEAT Team Page. FBAC Asteroid Discoveries at the George Observatory.
| ||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||