9972 Minoruoda

9972 Minoruoda

Orbit of 9972 Minoruoda (blue), planets (red) and the Sun (black). The outermost planet visible is Jupiter.
Discovery
Discovered by S. Otomo
Discovery date 26 May 1993
Designations
1993 KQ, 1958 DQ, 1979 HE6, 1982 BE2, 1989 AQ9
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 21205 days (58.06 yr)
Aphelion 2.7452293 AU (410.68046 Gm)
Perihelion 1.8347714 AU (274.47789 Gm)
2.2900003 AU (342.57917 Gm)
Eccentricity 0.1987899
3.47 yr (1265.8 d)
205.45781°
0° 17m 3.89s / day
Inclination 9.430440°
97.836900°
125.21333°
Earth MOID 0.842534 AU (126.0413 Gm)
Jupiter MOID 2.27643 AU (340.549 Gm)
Jupiter Tisserand parameter 3.555
Physical characteristics
Surface temp. min mean max
Kelvin
Celsius
C-type asteroid[2]
13.9

    9972 Minoruoda is a C-type main belt asteroid. It orbits the Sun once every 3.46 years.[1]

    Discovered on May 26, 1993 by S. Otomo it was given the provisional designation 1993 KQ. It was later renamed "Minoruoda" after Minoru Oda, a former director general of the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science.[3]

    References

    1. 1 2 "9972 Minoruoda (1993 KQ)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
    2. ↑ 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".
    3. ↑ MPC 50250 Minor Planet Center

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