9954 Brachiosaurus
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| Discovery | |||||||||||||
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| Discovered by | E. W. Elst | ||||||||||||
| Discovery date | 8 April 1991 | ||||||||||||
| Designations | |||||||||||||
| MPC designation | 9954 Brachiosaurus | ||||||||||||
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Named after
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Brachiosaurus | ||||||||||||
| 1991 GX7, 1984 WP5, 1993 UO3 | |||||||||||||
| Orbital characteristics[1] | |||||||||||||
| Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5) | |||||||||||||
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |||||||||||||
| Observation arc | 11217 days (30.71 yr) | ||||||||||||
| Aphelion | 3.1232256 AU (467.22790 Gm) | ||||||||||||
| Perihelion | 2.3956025 AU (358.37703 Gm) | ||||||||||||
| 2.7594140 AU (412.80246 Gm) | |||||||||||||
| Eccentricity | 0.1318438 | ||||||||||||
| 4.58 yr (1674.3 d) | |||||||||||||
| 293.1148° | |||||||||||||
| Inclination | 9.086376° | ||||||||||||
| 3.721919° | |||||||||||||
| 47.34317° | |||||||||||||
| Earth MOID | 1.41452 AU (211.609 Gm) | ||||||||||||
| Jupiter MOID | 2.32489 AU (347.799 Gm) | ||||||||||||
| Physical characteristics | |||||||||||||
| Dimensions | ~37.1 km[2] | ||||||||||||
| ~0.01 | |||||||||||||
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| 13.3 | |||||||||||||
9954 Brachiosaurus is a main belt asteroid. It orbits the Sun once every 4.58 years.[1]
Discovered on April 8, 1991 by E. W. Elst, it was given the provisional designation "1991 GX7". It was later renamed "Brachiosaurus" after Brachiosaurus, a large herbivorous dinosaur.[3]
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