9941 Iguanodon
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| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | E. W. Elst |
| Discovery date | 4 February 1989 |
| Designations | |
Named after | Iguanodon |
| 1989 CB3, 1994 PV30 | |
| Main belt | |
| Orbital characteristics[1] | |
| Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 9829 days (26.91 yr) |
| Aphelion | 2.5795142 AU (385.88983 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 2.0194242 AU (302.10156 Gm) |
| 2.2994692 AU (343.99570 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.1217868 |
| 3.49 yr (1273.6 d) | |
| 272.19659° | |
| 0° 16m 57.572s / day | |
| Inclination | 5.436235° |
| 264.34584° | |
| 217.85503° | |
| Earth MOID | 1.03846 AU (155.351 Gm) |
| Jupiter MOID | 2.50908 AU (375.353 Gm) |
| Jupiter Tisserand parameter | 3.577 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| S-type asteroid[2] | |
| 14.7 | |
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9941 Iguanodon is an S-type main belt asteroid which orbits the Sun every 3.49 years.[1]
It was discovered on February 4, 1989 by Eric Elst at the European Southern Observatory and given the provisional designation "1989 CB3". It was later named "Iguanodon" after the dinosaur genus Iguanodon.[3]
References
- 1 2 "9941 Iguanodon (1989 CB3)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
- ↑ 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".
- ↑ MPC 47166 Minor Planet Center
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