9420 Dewar
| Discovery and designation | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Spacewatch |
| Discovery site | Kitt Peak |
| Discovery date | December 14, 1995 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 9420 |
Named after | James Dewar |
| 1995 XP4 | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Aphelion | 2.4755334 |
| Perihelion | 2.0648456 |
| Eccentricity | 0.0904523 |
| 1249.3714967 | |
| 133.13242 | |
| Inclination | 4.77758 |
| 197.62200 | |
| 335.31223 | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 14.4 | |
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9420 Dewar (1995 XP4) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on December 14, 1995 by Spacewatch at Kitt Peak. It orbits the sun, completing one orbit every 3.4189 years. It is named after James Dewar (1842-1923), who was a Scottish-born chemist and physicist, and who studied chemical reactions at low temperature.
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