9954 Brachiosaurus
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Discovery and designation | |||||||||||||
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Discovered by | E. W. Elst | ||||||||||||
Discovery date | April 8, 1991 | ||||||||||||
Designations | |||||||||||||
MPC designation | 9954 Brachiosaurus | ||||||||||||
Named after | Brachiosaurus | ||||||||||||
1991 GX7, 1984 WP5, 1993 UO3 | |||||||||||||
Orbital characteristics | |||||||||||||
Epoch October 27, 2007 | |||||||||||||
Aphelion | 3.1227684 AU | ||||||||||||
Perihelion | 2.3962386 AU | ||||||||||||
2.7595035 AU | |||||||||||||
Eccentricity | 0.1316414 | ||||||||||||
1674.3446220 d | |||||||||||||
6.85193° | |||||||||||||
Inclination | 9.09301° | ||||||||||||
3.80765° | |||||||||||||
48.26847° | |||||||||||||
Physical characteristics | |||||||||||||
Dimensions | ~37.1 km[1] | ||||||||||||
~0.01 | |||||||||||||
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13.6 | |||||||||||||
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9954 Brachiosaurus is a main belt asteroid. It orbits the Sun once every 4.58 years.[2]
Discovered on April 8, 1991 by E. W. Elst, it was given the provisional designation "1991 GX7". It was later renamed "Brachiosaurus" after Brachiosaurus, a large herbivorous dinosaur.[3]
References
- ↑ Tedesco E.F., Noah P.V., Noah M., Price S.D. "The supplemental IRAS minor planet survey (SIMPS)".
- ↑ "9954 Brachiosaurus (1991 GX7)". JPL Small-Body Database Browser.
- ↑ MPC 47166 Minor Planet Center
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