9965 GNU
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| File:AnimatedOrbitOf9965GNU.gif | |||||||||||||
| Discovery | |||||||||||||
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| Discovered by | Spacewatch | ||||||||||||
| Discovery date | 5 March 1992 | ||||||||||||
| Designations | |||||||||||||
| MPC designation | 9965 GNU | ||||||||||||
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Named after
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GNU | ||||||||||||
| 1992 EF2, 1988 BD4, 1993 QR3 | |||||||||||||
| Orbital characteristics[1] | |||||||||||||
| Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5) | |||||||||||||
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |||||||||||||
| Observation arc | 10088 days (27.62 yr) | ||||||||||||
| Aphelion | 2.8279933 AU (423.06178 Gm) | ||||||||||||
| Perihelion | 2.0095969 AU (300.63142 Gm) | ||||||||||||
| 2.4187951 AU (361.84660 Gm) | |||||||||||||
| Eccentricity | 0.1691744 | ||||||||||||
| 3.76 yr (1374.0 d) | |||||||||||||
| 66.87114° | |||||||||||||
| Inclination | 12.20639° | ||||||||||||
| 156.49031° | |||||||||||||
| 82.846985° | |||||||||||||
| Earth MOID | 1.04111 AU (155.748 Gm) | ||||||||||||
| Jupiter MOID | 2.27013 AU (339.607 Gm) | ||||||||||||
| Physical characteristics | |||||||||||||
| 39.7449 h (1.65604 d) | |||||||||||||
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| C-type asteroid[2] | |||||||||||||
| 14.4 | |||||||||||||
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9965 GNU is a C-type main belt asteroid. It orbits the Sun once every 3.76 years.[1]
Discovered on March 5, 1992 by Spacewatch, it was given the provisional designation "1992 EF2". It was later renamed "GNU" after the GNU project.[3]
See also
Other free-software-related asteroid names include:
References
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- 9965 GNU at the JPL Small-Body Database
