9988 Erictemplebell
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Discovered by | P. G. Comba | ||||||||||||
Discovery date | September 9, 1997 | ||||||||||||
Designations | |||||||||||||
Named after | Eric Temple Bell | ||||||||||||
1997 RX6, 1977 RE11, 1985 FA3 | |||||||||||||
Orbital characteristics | |||||||||||||
Epoch October 27, 2007 | |||||||||||||
Aphelion | 2.9581236 AU | ||||||||||||
Perihelion | 2.8403672 AU | ||||||||||||
2.8992454 AU | |||||||||||||
Eccentricity | 0.0203081 | ||||||||||||
1803.1252669 d | |||||||||||||
279.43925 | |||||||||||||
Inclination | 1.86094° | ||||||||||||
15.74823° | |||||||||||||
99.58353° | |||||||||||||
Physical characteristics | |||||||||||||
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12.8 | |||||||||||||
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9988 Erictemplebell is a main belt asteroid. It orbits the Sun once every 4.94 years.[1]
Discovered on September 9, 1997 by Paul G. Comba, it was given the provisional designation 1997 RX6. It was later renamed 9988 Erictemplebell in honour of Eric Temple Bell, a professor at the California Institute of Technology where he taught a class on algebra which the discoverer took.[2]
References
- ↑ "9988 Erictemplebell (1997 RX6)". JPL Small-Body Database Browser.
- ↑ MPC 34632 Minor Planet Center
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