(9965) GNU
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Asteroid (9965) GNU |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.4177 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1711 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.0039 AU - 2.8214 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 12.193 ° |
| Sidereal period | 3.759 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 19.16 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 14.3 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Spacewatch |
| Date of discovery | March 5, 1992 |
| Another name | 1992 EF 2 , 1988 BD 4 , 1993 QR 3 |
| 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. | |
GNU (9965) is an asteroid of the main belt , which on March 5, 1992 in the framework of the SPACEWatch was discovered program. The asteroid is named after the GNU Project by Richard Stallman named.
With (9885) Linux , (9793) Torvalds and (9882) Stallman further asteroids got names from prominent software developers or FLOSS projects.