9885 Linux
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| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Spacewatch |
| Discovery date | 12 October 1994 |
| Designations | |
Named after | Linux kernel |
| 1985 CT2; 1994 TM14 | |
| Main belt | |
| Orbital characteristics[1] | |
| Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 11251 days (30.80 yr) |
| Aphelion | 2.51679 AU (376.506 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 2.20039 AU (329.174 Gm) |
| 2.35859 AU (352.840 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.067073 |
| 3.62 yr (1323.1 d) | |
Average orbital speed | 19.37 km/s |
| 255.535° | |
| 0° 16m 19.553s / day | |
| Inclination | 6.11050° |
| 198.197° | |
| 253.704° | |
| Earth MOID | 1.22552 AU (183.335 Gm) |
| Jupiter MOID | 2.60411 AU (389.569 Gm) |
| Jupiter Tisserand parameter | 3.542 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 0.1? | |
| Temperature | ~181 K |
| 13.4 | |
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9885 Linux is an asteroid discovered on October 12, 1994 by Spacewatch. The asteroid is named after the Linux kernel. It is a member of the Vesta family
See also
- 9793 Torvalds, an asteroid named after Linus Torvalds
- 9882 Stallman, an asteroid named after Richard Matthew Stallman, American hacker, founder of the free software movement and the GNU project
- 9965 GNU, an asteroid named after the GNU project
References
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- ↑ "9885 Linux (1994 TM14)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
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