(9918) 1979 MK3
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| Discovery | |||||||||||||
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| Discovered by | E. F. Helin & S. J. Bus | ||||||||||||
| Discovery date | 25 June 1979 | ||||||||||||
| Designations | |||||||||||||
| MPC designation | (9918) 1979 MK3 | ||||||||||||
| 1988 CX | |||||||||||||
| Main Belt asteroid | |||||||||||||
| Orbital characteristics[1] | |||||||||||||
| Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5) | |||||||||||||
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |||||||||||||
| Observation arc | 22276 days (60.99 yr) | ||||||||||||
| Aphelion | 3.5239008 AU (527.16806 Gm) | ||||||||||||
| Perihelion | 2.6896887 AU (402.37170 Gm) | ||||||||||||
| 3.1067947 AU (464.76987 Gm) | |||||||||||||
| Eccentricity | 0.1342561 | ||||||||||||
| 5.48 yr (2000.2 d) | |||||||||||||
| 68.070439° | |||||||||||||
| 0° 10m 47.945s / day | |||||||||||||
| Inclination | 6.150278° | ||||||||||||
| 133.72722° | |||||||||||||
| 332.60095° | |||||||||||||
| Earth MOID | 1.70809 AU (255.527 Gm) | ||||||||||||
| Jupiter MOID | 1.61167 AU (241.102 Gm) | ||||||||||||
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| 13.2 | |||||||||||||
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(9918) 1979 MK3 is a main belt asteroid. It orbits the Sun once every 5.47 years.[2] It is associated with the Hygiea family of asteroids.[3]
Discovered on June 25, 1979, by Eleanor Helin and Schelte Bus at the Siding Spring Observatory, it was given the provisional designation "1979 MK3".[4]
References
- ↑ "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 9918 (1979 MK3)". Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
- ↑ "9918 (1979 MK3)". JPL Small-Body Database Browser. NASA/JPL. Retrieved 2008-02-01.
- ↑ Zappalà, Vincenzo; Bendjoya, Philippe; Cellino, Alberto; Farinella, Paolo; Froeschlé, Claude (1997). "Asteroid Dynamical Families.". EAR-A-5-DDR-FAMILY-V4.1. NASA Planetary Data System.
- ↑ (9918) 1979 MK3 Minor Planet Center's Minor Planet Ephemeris Service
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