9957 Raffaellosanti
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Discovery and designation | |||||||||||||
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Discovered by | F. Börngen | ||||||||||||
Discovery date | October 6, 1991 | ||||||||||||
Designations | |||||||||||||
MPC designation | 9957 Raffaellosanti | ||||||||||||
Named after | Raphael | ||||||||||||
1991 TO13, 1987 QG7, 1994 RP | |||||||||||||
Orbital characteristics | |||||||||||||
Epoch October 27, 2007 | |||||||||||||
Aphelion | 2.5820107 AU | ||||||||||||
Perihelion | 1.9911963 AU | ||||||||||||
2.2866035 AU | |||||||||||||
Eccentricity | 0.1291904 | ||||||||||||
1262.9458085 d | |||||||||||||
307.21726° | |||||||||||||
Inclination | 6.86876° | ||||||||||||
220.80610° | |||||||||||||
106.13683° | |||||||||||||
Physical characteristics | |||||||||||||
Dimensions | ~23.4 km[1] | ||||||||||||
~0.01 | |||||||||||||
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13.8 | |||||||||||||
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9957 Raffaellosanti is a main belt asteroid. It orbits the Sun once every 3.46 years.[2]
Discovered on October 6, 1991 by F. Börngen, it was given the provisional designation "1991 TO13". It was later renamed "Raffaellosanti" after Raffaello Sanzio, a master of the Italian Renaissance.[3]
References
- ↑ Tedesco E.F., Noah P.V., Noah M., Price S.D. "The supplemental IRAS minor planet survey (SIMPS)".
- ↑ "9957 Raffaellosanti (1991 TO13)". JPL Small-Body Database Browser.
- ↑ MPC 47167 Minor Planet Center
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