(9882) Stallman

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Asteroid
(9882) Stallman
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Major semi-axis 2.3929  AU
eccentricity 0.1827
Perihelion - aphelion 1.9558 AU - 2.83 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 0.988 °
Sidereal period 3,702 a
Mean orbital velocity 19.25 km / s
Physical Properties
Medium diameter ? km
Albedo ?
Rotation period ? H
Absolute brightness 15.8 mag
Spectral class ?
history
Explorer Spacewatch
Date of discovery September 28, 1994
Another name 1994 SS 9 , 1979 QV 4 , 1997 HE 18
Source: Unless otherwise stated, the data comes from JPL Small-Body Database Browser . The affiliation to an asteroid family is automatically determined from the AstDyS-2 database . Please also note the note on asteroid items.

(9882) Stallman is an asteroid of the main belt , the September 28, 1994 as part of the SPACEWatch was discovered program. The asteroid is named after Richard Stallman , the founder of the GNU project .

With (9885) Linux , (9793) Torvalds and (9965) GNU further asteroids got names from prominent software developers or FLOSS projects.

See also