(9781) Jubjubbird

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Asteroid
(9781) Jubjubbird
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  December 9, 2014 ( JD 2,457,000.5)
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Major semi-axis 2.4619  AU
eccentricity 0.1731
Perihelion - aphelion 2.0358 AU - 2.8881 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 8.5499 °
Length of the ascending node 37.3353 °
Argument of the periapsis 267.6681 °
Sidereal period 3.86 a
Mean orbital velocity 18.98 km / s
Physical Properties
Absolute brightness 14.3 mag
history
Explorer Yoshisada Shimizu , Takeshi Urata
Date of discovery October 31, 1994
Another name 1994 UB 1
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(9781) Jubjubbird is an asteroid located in the main belt . It was discovered on October 31, 1994 by the Japanese astronomers Yoshisada Shimizu and Takeshi Urata at the Nachi Katsuura Observatory ( IAU code 905) in Wakayama Prefecture .

The asteroid is named after the bird Jubjub , a mysterious but obviously dangerous creature from the poem Jabberwocky , which comes from the story Alice behind the mirrors by British writer Lewis Carroll .

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