Discovery and designation
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Discovered by | Spacewatch |
Discovery site | Kitt Peak |
Discovery date | September 28, 1994 |
Designations
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MPC designation | 9882 |
Named after | Richard Stallman |
Alternate name(s) | 1994 SS9 |
Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
Ap | 2.8300833 |
Peri | 1.9541929 |
Eccentricity | 0.1830769 |
Orbital period | 1351.3809762 |
Mean anomaly | 290.53914 |
Inclination | 0.98777 |
Longitude of ascending node | 148.86197 |
Argument of peri | 156.59634 |
Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.0 |
9882 Stallman (1994 SS9) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 28, 1994 by Spacewatch at Kitt Peak.
It is named for computer scientist Richard Stallman, founder of the GNU Project.
See also
References
External links
NASA JPL Small-Body Database Browser on 9882 Stallman
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