9956 Castellaz
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| Discovery and designation | |||||||||||||
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| Discovered by | L. D. Schmadel & F. Borngen | ||||||||||||
| Discovery date | October 5, 1991 | ||||||||||||
| Designations | |||||||||||||
| MPC designation | 9956 Castellaz | ||||||||||||
| 1991 TX4, 1994 RG12 | |||||||||||||
| Orbital characteristics | |||||||||||||
| Epoch October 27, 2007 | |||||||||||||
| Aphelion | 2.5332824 AU | ||||||||||||
| Perihelion | 1.8933406 AU | ||||||||||||
| 2.2133115 AU | |||||||||||||
| Eccentricity | 0.1445666 | ||||||||||||
| 1202.7136427 d | |||||||||||||
| 242.97614° | |||||||||||||
| Inclination | 5.83703° | ||||||||||||
| 358.03360° | |||||||||||||
| 116.16252° | |||||||||||||
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| 14.3 | |||||||||||||
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9956 Castellaz is a main belt asteroid. It orbits the Sun once every 3.29 years.[1]
Discovered on October 5, 1991 by L. D. Schmadel and F. Borngen it was given the provisional designation "1991 TX4". It was later renamed "Castellaz" after German physicist Peter Castellaz.[2]
References
- ↑ "9956 Castellaz (1991 TX4)". JPL Small-Body Database Browser.
- ↑ MPC 42670 Minor Planet Center
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