(9951) Tyrannosaurus
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Asteroid (9951) Tyrannosaurus |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Inner main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.4263 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1225 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.1292 AU - 2.7235 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 7.4003 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 133.4293 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 153.3876 ° |
| Sidereal period | 3.78 a |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 14.2 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Eric Walter Elst |
| Date of discovery | November 15, 1990 |
| Another name | 1990 VK 5 , 1974 OG 1 , 1992 EZ 5 |
| 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. | |
(9951) Tyrannosaurus is an asteroid of the main inner belt . It was discovered on November 15, 1990 by the Belgian astronomer Eric Walter Elst at the La Silla Observatory of the European Southern Observatory in Chile ( IAU code 809).
The asteroid was named on November 20, 2002 after the extinct genus Tyrannosaurus , a pelvic lizard that, as a top predator, may have been at the top of the food chain.
See also
Web links
- (9951) Tyrannosaurus in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
- (9951) Tyrannosaurus in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory of NASA at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) in Pasadena , California (English)
- Discovery Circumstances of (9951) Tyrannosaurus according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge , Massachusetts (English)