9968 Serpe

9968 Serpe
Discovery [1]
Discovered by H. Debehogne
Discovery site ESO (La Silla)
Discovery date 4 May 1992
Designations
MPC designation 9968 Serpe
Named after
 Jean Serpe[2]
1992 JS2 · 1977 VT
1985 SC2 · 1988 KR1
main-belt
Orbital characteristics [1]
Epoch 27 June 2015 (JD 2457200.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 37.33 yr (13,633 days)
Aphelion 2.7006 AU
Perihelion 2.4316 AU
2.5661 AU
Eccentricity 0.0524
4.11 yr (1501.5 days)
155.74°
Inclination 12.983°
213.14°
77.783°
Earth MOID 1.454 AU
Physical characteristics
Dimensions ~ 38.9 km[3]
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    9968 Serpe, provisional designation 1992 JS2, is a main belt asteroid discovered on May 4, 1992 by Belgian astronomer Henri Debehogne at ESO's La Silla site in Chile. Its 4.1-year-orbit around the Sun shows a semi-major axis of 2.6 AU, an eccentricity of 0.05 and an inclination to the ecliptic of almost 13 degrees.[1][4] Serpe is estimated to measure about 39 kilometers in diameter.[3]

    It was named after Belgian Jean Nicolas François Jules Serpe (1914–2001), theoretical-physicist, professor at Liège University and member of the RASAB.[2]

    Orbit of 9968 Serpe (blue) with respect to the inner planets and Jupiter

    References

    1. 1 2 3 "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 9968 Serpe (1992 JS2)" (2015-03-10 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved October 2015.
    2. 1 2 Schmadel, Lutz D. (2014). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names and Discovery Circumstances Addendum 2012–2014, (9968) Serpe. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 713. ISBN 978-3-540-29925-7.
    3. 1 2 Tedesco E.F.; Noah P.V.; Noah M.; Price S.D. "The supplemental IRAS minor planet survey (SIMPS)".
    4. ↑ MPO 77289 Minor Planet Center

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