9937 Triceratops
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Orbit of 9937 Triceratops (blue) | |||||||||||||
| Discovery and designation | |||||||||||||
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| Discovered by | E. W. Elst | ||||||||||||
| Discovery date | February 17, 1986 | ||||||||||||
| Designations | |||||||||||||
| MPC designation | 9937 Triceratops | ||||||||||||
Named after | Triceratops | ||||||||||||
| 1988 DJ2, 1983 VY2, 1990 QZ7, 1990 RH6 | |||||||||||||
| Orbital characteristics | |||||||||||||
| Epoch October 27, 2007 | |||||||||||||
| Aphelion | 2.9155147 AU | ||||||||||||
| Perihelion | 1.8155497 AU | ||||||||||||
| 3.0741567 AU | |||||||||||||
| Eccentricity | 0.1911317 | ||||||||||||
| 1968.7358189 d | |||||||||||||
| 234.79654° | |||||||||||||
| Inclination | 1.26491° | ||||||||||||
| 327.63524° | |||||||||||||
| 46.67804° | |||||||||||||
| Physical characteristics | |||||||||||||
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| 15.0 | |||||||||||||
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9937 Triceratops is a main belt asteroid. It orbits the Sun once every 3.64 years.[1]
Discovered on February 17, 1986 by Eric Elst at the European Southern Observatory, it was given the provisional designation "1986 PN4". On November 21, 2002 it was renamed "Triceratops" after Triceratops, the genus of herbivorous dinosaurs.[2][3]
References
- ↑ "9937 Triceratops (1988 DJ2)". JPL Small-Body Database Browser. NASA/JPL. Retrieved 2008-02-19.
- ↑ MPC 47166 Minor Planet Center
- ↑ "Nov. 2002 Asteroid/Comet News".
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