9941 Iguanodon
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| Discovery and designation | |
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| Discovered by | E. W. Elst |
| Discovery date | February 4, 1989 |
| Designations | |
Named after | Iguanodon |
| 1989 CB3, 1994 PV30 | |
| Main belt | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch June 3, 2006 (JD 2453890.1370709) | |
| Aphelion | 2.5783541 AU |
| Perihelion | 2.0216201 AU |
| 2.2999871 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.1210298 |
| 1274.0501293 d (3.49 a) | |
| 87.69722° | |
| Inclination | 5.43504° |
| 264.40297° | |
| 217.84888° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| S-type asteroid[1] | |
| 14.5 mag | |
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9941 Iguanodon is an S-type main belt asteroid which orbits the Sun every 3.49 years.[2]
It was discovered on February 4, 1989 by Eric Elst at the European Southern Observatory and given the provisional designation "1989 CB3". It was later named "Iguanodon" after the dinosaur genus Iguanodon.[3]
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".
- ↑ "9941 Iguanodon (1989 CB3)". JPL Small-Body Database Browser.
- ↑ MPC 47166 Minor Planet Center
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