(9959) 1991 VF2
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| Discovery | |||||||||||||
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| Discovered by | S. Ueda & H. Kaneda | ||||||||||||
| Discovery date | 9 November 1991 | ||||||||||||
| Designations | |||||||||||||
| MPC designation | (9959) 1991 VF2 | ||||||||||||
| 1989 EZ3 | |||||||||||||
| Orbital characteristics[1] | |||||||||||||
| Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5) | |||||||||||||
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |||||||||||||
| Observation arc | 9877 days (27.04 yr) | ||||||||||||
| Aphelion | 2.5584690 AU (382.74151 Gm) | ||||||||||||
| Perihelion | 1.9297719 AU (288.68977 Gm) | ||||||||||||
| 2.2441205 AU (335.71565 Gm) | |||||||||||||
| Eccentricity | 0.1400765 | ||||||||||||
| 3.36 yr (1227.9 d) | |||||||||||||
| 31.820378° | |||||||||||||
| 0° 17m 35.449s / day | |||||||||||||
| Inclination | 5.648778° | ||||||||||||
| 216.21210° | |||||||||||||
| 247.19656° | |||||||||||||
| Earth MOID | 0.954511 AU (142.7928 Gm) | ||||||||||||
| Jupiter MOID | 2.59986 AU (388.934 Gm) | ||||||||||||
| Physical characteristics | |||||||||||||
| Dimensions | ~23.4 km[2] | ||||||||||||
| ~0.01 | |||||||||||||
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| 14.5 | |||||||||||||
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(9959) 1991 VF2 is a main belt asteroid. It orbits the Sun once every 3.36 years.[1]
Discovered on November 9, 1991, by S. Ueda and H. Kaneda, it was given the provisional designation "1991 VF2".[3]
References
- 1 2 "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 9959 (1991 VF2)". NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
- ↑ Tedesco E.F.; Noah P.V.; Noah M.; Price S.D. "The supplemental IRAS minor planet survey (SIMPS)".
- ↑ MPO 65995 Minor Planet Center
External links
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