(9000) Hal
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Asteroid (9000) Hal |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2,230 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.208 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 1.765 AU - 2.695 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 6.261 ° |
| Sidereal period | 3,333 a |
| Physical Properties | |
| Rotation period | 908 h |
| Absolute brightness | 14.0 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | E. Bowell |
| Date of discovery | May 3, 1981 |
| Another name | 1981 JO |
| 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. | |
(9000) Hal ( provisional designation: 1981 JO ) is an asteroid of the main belt , which on May 3, 1981 by the American astronomer Edward LG Bowell at Lowell Observatory in Arizona was discovered.
The asteroid is named after the HAL 9000 computer from the 2001 science fiction film : A Space Odyssey .