9931 Herbhauptman
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| Discovery and designation | |||||||||||||
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| Discovered by | A. Mrkos | ||||||||||||
| Discovery date | April 18, 1985 | ||||||||||||
| Designations | |||||||||||||
| MPC designation | 9931 Herbhauptman | ||||||||||||
Named after | Herbert A. Hauptman | ||||||||||||
| 1985 HH, 1982 QJ1, 1996 HA1 | |||||||||||||
| Orbital characteristics | |||||||||||||
| Epoch October 27, 2007 | |||||||||||||
| Aphelion | 2.8020506 AU | ||||||||||||
| Perihelion | 1.9529788 AU | ||||||||||||
| 2.3775147 AU | |||||||||||||
| Eccentricity | 0.1785629 | ||||||||||||
| 1339.0081989 d | |||||||||||||
| 28.54460° | |||||||||||||
| Inclination | 2.46938° | ||||||||||||
| 157.38817° | |||||||||||||
| 80.13508° | |||||||||||||
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| S-type asteroid[1] | |||||||||||||
| 13.5 | |||||||||||||
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9931 Herbhauptman is an S-type main belt asteroid. It orbits the Sun once every 3.67 years.[2] It is associated with the Nysa family of asteroids.[3]
Discovered on April 18, 1985 by Antonín Mrkos at the Klet Observatory, it was given the provisional designation "1985 HH". It was later renamed "Herbhauptman" after Herbert A. Hauptman, co-winner of the 1985 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.[4]
References
- ↑ Gianluca Masi, Sergio Foglia & Richard P. Binzel. "Search for Unusual Spectroscopic Candidates Among 40313 minor planets from the 3rd Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Moving Object Catalog".
- ↑ "9931 Herbhauptman (1985 HH)". JPL Small-Body Database Browser. NASA/JPL. Retrieved 2008-02-18.
- ↑ Zappala, V., Ph. Bendjoya, A. Cellino, P. Farinella, and C. Froeschle (1997). "Asteroid Dynamical Families.". EAR-A-5-DDR-FAMILY-V4.1. NASA Planetary Data System.
- ↑ MPC 52767 Minor Planet Center
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