9885 Linux

Minor Planet
name=9885 Linux
discoverer=Spacewatch
discovery_date=October 12, 1994
designations=1985 CT2; 1994 TM14
category=Main belt
epoch=November 26, 2005 (JD 2453700.5)
semimajor=352.851 Gm (2.359 AU)
perihelion=329.270 Gm (2.201 AU)
aphelion=376.432 Gm (2.516 AU)
eccentricity=0.067
period=1323.116 d (3.62 a)
inclination=6.113°
asc_node=198.365°
arg_peri=253.114°
mean_anomaly=329.206°
speed=19.37 km/s
dimensions=? km
mass=?×10^? kg
density=? g/cm³
gravity=? m/s²
escape_velocity=? km/s
rotation=? d
spectral_class=?
abs_mag=13.7
albedo=0.1?
temperature=~181 K

9885 Linux is an asteroid discovered on October 12, 1994 by Spacewatch.

The asteroid is named after the Linux kernel.

See also

*9793 Torvalds, an asteroid named after Linus Torvalds
*9882 Stallman, an asteroid named after Richard Matthew Stallman, American hacker, founder of the free software movement
*9965 GNU, an asteroid named after the GNU project (components of which are often used in Linux systems)

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