9972 Minoruoda
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| File:AnimatedOrbitOf9972Minoruoda.gif | |||||||||||||
| Discovery | |||||||||||||
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| Discovered by | S. Otomo | ||||||||||||
| Discovery date | 26 May 1993 | ||||||||||||
| Designations | |||||||||||||
| 1993 KQ, 1958 DQ, 1979 HE6, 1982 BE2, 1989 AQ9 | |||||||||||||
| Orbital characteristics[1] | |||||||||||||
| Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5) | |||||||||||||
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |||||||||||||
| Observation arc | 21205 days (58.06 yr) | ||||||||||||
| Aphelion | 2.7452293 AU (410.68046 Gm) | ||||||||||||
| Perihelion | 1.8347714 AU (274.47789 Gm) | ||||||||||||
| 2.2900003 AU (342.57917 Gm) | |||||||||||||
| Eccentricity | 0.1987899 | ||||||||||||
| 3.47 yr (1265.8 d) | |||||||||||||
| 205.45781° | |||||||||||||
| Inclination | 9.430440° | ||||||||||||
| 97.836900° | |||||||||||||
| 125.21333° | |||||||||||||
| Earth MOID | 0.842534 AU (126.0413 Gm) | ||||||||||||
| Jupiter MOID | 2.27643 AU (340.549 Gm) | ||||||||||||
| Physical characteristics | |||||||||||||
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| C-type asteroid[2] | |||||||||||||
| 13.9 | |||||||||||||
9972 Minoruoda is a C-type main belt asteroid. It orbits the Sun once every 3.46 years.[1]
Discovered on May 26, 1993 by S. Otomo it was given the provisional designation 1993 KQ. It was later renamed "Minoruoda" after Minoru Oda, a former director general of the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science.[3]
