9920 Bagnulo
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Discovery | |||||||||||||
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Discovered by | S. J. Bus | ||||||||||||
Discovery date | March 1, 1981 | ||||||||||||
Designations | |||||||||||||
MPC designation | 9920 Bagnulo | ||||||||||||
1999 DG7, 1981 EZ10 | |||||||||||||
Main Belt asteroid Hoffmeister family | |||||||||||||
Orbital characteristics | |||||||||||||
Epoch October 27, 2007 | |||||||||||||
Aphelion | 2.8935085 AU | ||||||||||||
Perihelion | 2.6772071 AU | ||||||||||||
2.7853578 AU | |||||||||||||
Eccentricity | 0.0388283 | ||||||||||||
1697.9305198 d | |||||||||||||
150.47929° | |||||||||||||
Inclination | 3.24865° | ||||||||||||
264.93385° | |||||||||||||
29.32171° | |||||||||||||
Physical characteristics | |||||||||||||
Dimensions | ~15.42 km | ||||||||||||
0.0270 | |||||||||||||
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13.60 | |||||||||||||
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9920 Bagnulo is a main belt asteroid. It orbits the Sun once every 4.65 years.[1] It is a member of the Hoffmeister family of asteroids.[2]
Discovered on March 1, 1981 by Schelte Bus at the Siding Spring Observatory, it was given the provisional designation "1981 EZ10".[3] It was later renamed 9920 Bagnulo after Stefano Bagnulo, an astronomer at the Armagh Observatory.[4]
References
- ↑ "9920 (1981 EZ10)". JPL Small-Body Database Browser. NASA/JPL. Retrieved 2008-02-01.
- ↑ Migliorini, F.; Manara, A.; di Martino, M.; Farinella, P. (June 1996). "The Hoffmeister asteroid family: inferences from physical data". Astronomy and Astrophysics 310: 681–685. Bibcode:1996A&A...310..681M.
- ↑ (9920) 1981 EZ10 Minor Planet Center's Minor Planet Ephemeris Service
- ↑ "Minor Planet Centre Circular 88763" (PDF).
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