9986 Hirokun
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| Discovery and designation | |||||||||||||
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| Discovered by | Y. Shimizu & T. Urata | ||||||||||||
| Discovery date | July 12, 1996 | ||||||||||||
| Designations | |||||||||||||
| 1996 NX, 1991 CM2, 1991 GM1 | |||||||||||||
| Orbital characteristics | |||||||||||||
| Epoch October 27, 2007 | |||||||||||||
| Aphelion | 2.7140436 AU | ||||||||||||
| Perihelion | 2.4298774 AU | ||||||||||||
| 2.5719605 AU | |||||||||||||
| Eccentricity | 0.0552431 | ||||||||||||
| 1506.5893195 d | |||||||||||||
| 316.66482° | |||||||||||||
| Inclination | 14.01495° | ||||||||||||
| 271.35273° | |||||||||||||
| 317.80995° | |||||||||||||
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| S-type asteroid[1] | |||||||||||||
| 12.7 | |||||||||||||
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9986 Hirokun is an S-type main belt asteroid. It orbits the Sun once every 4.12 years.[2]
Discovered on July 12, 1996 by Y. Shimizu and T. Urata, it was given the provisional designation 1996 NX. It was later renamed 9986 Hirokun, after the fiancé of T. Urata's daughter.
References
- ↑ Gianluca Masi, Sergio Foglia & Richard P. Binzel. "Search for Unusual Spectroscopic Candidates Among 40313 minor planets from the 3rd Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Moving Object Catalog".
- ↑ "9986 Hirokun (1996 NX)". JPL Small-Body Database Browser.
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