9995 Alouette

9995 Alouette

Orbit of 9995 Alouette (blue), planets (red) and the Sun (black). The outermost planet visible is Jupiter.
Discovery[1]
Discovered by C. J. van Houten, I. van Houten-Groeneveld & T. Gehrels
Discovery date 24 September 1960
Designations
Named after
 Alouette 1
4805 P-L, 1981 EP22
Orbital characteristics[2]
Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 23709 days (64.91 yr)
Aphelion 2.7741527 AU (415.00734 Gm)
Perihelion 2.0073168 AU (300.29032 Gm)
2.3907348 AU (357.64884 Gm)
Eccentricity 0.1603766
3.70 yr (1350.2 d)
122.43917°
0° 15m 59.864s / day
Inclination 2.313074°
20.877950°
198.17238°
Earth MOID 0.999228 AU (149.4824 Gm)
Jupiter MOID 2.19848 AU (328.888 Gm)
Jupiter Tisserand parameter 3.514
Physical characteristics
Surface temp. min mean max
Kelvin
Celsius
S-type asteroid[3]
15.0

    9995 Alouette is an S-type main belt asteroid. It orbits the Sun once every 3.69 years.[2]

    Discovered on September 24, 1960 by C. J. van Houten and I. van Houten-Groeneveld on archived photographic plates made by T. Gehrels, it was given the provisional designation 4805 P-L. It was later renamed Alouette in honour of Alouette-1, the first Canadian satellite.

    References

    1. ↑ MPC 41571 Minor Planet Center
    2. 1 2 "9995 Alouette (4805 P-L)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
    3. ↑ 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".

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