(9885) Linux
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Asteroid (9885) Linux |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Asteroid family | Vesta family |
| Major semi-axis | 2.3582 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.0666 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.2010 AU - 2.5154 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 6.113 ° |
| Sidereal period | 3,621 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 19.37 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | ? km |
| Albedo | ? |
| Rotation period | ? H |
| Absolute brightness | 13.4 mag |
| Spectral class | ? |
| history | |
| Explorer | Spacewatch |
| Date of discovery | October 12, 1994 |
| Another name | 1985 CT 2 , 1994 TM 14 |
| 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. | |
(9885) Linux is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 12 October 1994 by SPACEWatch was discovered. The asteroid is named after the Linux kernel .
With (9793) Torvalds , (9965) GNU and (9882) Stallman further asteroids were given names by prominent software developers or FLOSS projects.