(9793) Torvalds
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Asteroid (9793) Torvalds |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.2547 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1601 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 1.8938 AU - 2.6156 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 3.653 ° |
| Sidereal period | 3,386 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 19.84 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | ? km |
| Albedo | ? |
| Rotation period | ? H |
| Absolute brightness | 15.4 mag |
| Spectral class | ? |
| history | |
| Explorer | Spacewatch |
| Date of discovery | January 16, 1996 |
| Another name | 1996 BW 4 , 1981 UX 28 |
| 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. | |
(9793) Torvalds is an asteroid of the main belt , of January 16, 1996 under the SPACEWatch was discovered program. The asteroid is named after the Finnish software developer Linus Benedict Torvalds , who created the Linux kernel .
With (9885) Linux , (9965) GNU and (9882) Stallman further asteroids got names from prominent software developers or FLOSS projects.