9963 Sandage
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| Discovery and designation | |||||||||||||
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| Discovered by | E. F. Helin | ||||||||||||
| Discovery date | January 9, 1992 | ||||||||||||
| Designations | |||||||||||||
| MPC designation | 9963 Sandage | ||||||||||||
Named after | Allan Sandage | ||||||||||||
| 1992 AN, 1976 NH, 1989 CK6 | |||||||||||||
| Orbital characteristics | |||||||||||||
| Epoch October 27, 2007 | |||||||||||||
| Aphelion | 2.9975377 AU | ||||||||||||
| Perihelion | 1.6843943 AU | ||||||||||||
| 2.340966 AU | |||||||||||||
| Eccentricity | 0.2804704 | ||||||||||||
| 1308.2510595 d | |||||||||||||
| 222.20962° | |||||||||||||
| Inclination | 23.45447° | ||||||||||||
| 117.01564° | |||||||||||||
| 241.23861° | |||||||||||||
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| 13.6 | |||||||||||||
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9963 Sandage is a main belt asteroid. It orbits the Sun once every 3.58 years.[1]
Discovered on January 9, 1992 by E. F. Helin, it was given the provisional designation "1992 AN". It was later renamed "Sandage" after Allan Sandage, an American astronomer.[2]
References
- ↑ "9963 Sandage (1992 AN)". JPL Small-Body Database Browser.
- ↑ MPC 43381 Minor Planet Center
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