(9965) GNU

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Asteroid
(9965) GNU
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Major semi-axis 2.4177  AU
eccentricity 0.1711
Perihelion - aphelion 2.0039 AU - 2.8214 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 12.193 °
Sidereal period 3.759 a
Mean orbital velocity 19.16 km / s
Physical Properties
Absolute brightness 14.3 mag
history
Explorer Spacewatch
Date of discovery March 5, 1992
Another name 1992 EF 2 , 1988 BD 4 , 1993 QR 3
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.

GNU (9965) is an asteroid of the main belt , which on March 5, 1992 in the framework of the SPACEWatch was discovered program. The asteroid is named after the GNU Project by Richard Stallman named.

With (9885) Linux , (9793) Torvalds and (9882) Stallman further asteroids got names from prominent software developers or FLOSS projects.

See also