9973 Szpilman
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| Discovery and designation | |||||||||||||
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| Discovered by | E. W. Elst | ||||||||||||
| Discovery date | July 12, 1993 | ||||||||||||
| Designations | |||||||||||||
Named after | Władysław Szpilman | ||||||||||||
| 1993 NB2, 1949 QJ, 1979 BV2, 1991 AM3 | |||||||||||||
| Orbital characteristics | |||||||||||||
| Epoch October 27, 2007 | |||||||||||||
| Aphelion | 2.9650872 AU | ||||||||||||
| Perihelion | 2.0965048 AU | ||||||||||||
| 2.530796 AU | |||||||||||||
| Eccentricity | 0.1716026 | ||||||||||||
| 1470.5647471 d | |||||||||||||
| 107.70337° | |||||||||||||
| Inclination | 1.49873° | ||||||||||||
| 297.23247° | |||||||||||||
| 104.31458° | |||||||||||||
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| 14.2 | |||||||||||||
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9973 Szpilman (pronounced: Shpilman) is a main belt asteroid. It orbits the Sun once every 4.03 years.[1]
Discovered on July 12, 1993 by E. W. Elst working at the European Southern Observatory, it was given the provisional designation 1993 NB2. It was later renamed "Szpilman" after Wladyslaw Szpilman, a Polish-Jewish pianist and Holocaust survivor.[2]
References
- ↑ "9973 Szpilman (1993 NB2)". JPL Small-Body Database Browser.
- ↑ MPC 49097 Minor Planet Center
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