9983 Rickfienberg
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Discovery and designation | |||||||||||||
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Discovered by | Dennis di Cicco | ||||||||||||
Discovery date | February 19, 1995 | ||||||||||||
Designations | |||||||||||||
1995 DA, 1987 KS2, 1993 TS37 | |||||||||||||
Orbital characteristics | |||||||||||||
Epoch October 27, 2007 | |||||||||||||
Aphelion | 3.0226116 AU | ||||||||||||
Perihelion | 2.3915136 AU | ||||||||||||
2.7070626 AU | |||||||||||||
Eccentricity | 0.1165651 | ||||||||||||
1626.8438637 d | |||||||||||||
29.82295° | |||||||||||||
Inclination | 8.31999° | ||||||||||||
49.27899° | |||||||||||||
8.10868° | |||||||||||||
Physical characteristics | |||||||||||||
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13.4 | |||||||||||||
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9983 Rickfienberg is a main belt asteroid. It orbits the Sun once every 4.45 years.[1]
Discovered on February 19, 1995 by Dennis di Cicco, it was given the provisional designation 1995 DA. It was later renamed 9983 Rickfienberg after Richard Tresch Fienberg, the editor of Sky & Telescope at the time.[2]
References
- ↑ "9983 Rickfienberg (1995 DA)". JPL Small-Body Database Browser.
- ↑ MPC 48389 Minor Planet Center
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