77185 Cherryh

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caption = Orbit of 77185 Cherryh around the Sun. Courtesy NASA/JPL-Caltech.
discovery_ref = [http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=77185 77185 Cherryh (2001 FE9)] . "JPL Small-Body Database Browser".]
discoverer = [http://learning.swc.hccs.edu/members/don.wells Don Wells] and Alex Cruz
discovered = March 20, 2001
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mp_category = Main-belt Asteroid
alt_names = 2001 FE9 1998 TG27
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epoch = May 14, 2008 (JD 2454600.5 )
aphelion = 3.045 AU
perihelion = 2.151 AU
semimajor = 2.598 AU
eccentricity = 0.172
period = 1529.67 d, 4.19 a
avg_speed = 18.45 km/s
inclination = 3.16°
asc_node = 12.89°
mean_anomaly = 21.80°
arg_peri = 230.01°
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abs_magnitude = 16.10

77185 Cherryh is a main belt asteroid. Its provisional designation was 2001 FE9.

It was discovered on March 20 2001 at the George Observatory in Needville, Texas by amateur astronomers [http://learning.swc.hccs.edu/members/don.wells Don Wells] and Alex Cruz of the Fort Bend Astronomy Club (FBAC) Asteroid Discovery Team. The discovery was confirmed the next night by Keith Rivich of the FBAC.

The asteroid was named by Wells and Cruz after the award winning American science fiction and fantasy author C. J. Cherryh.

ee also

*Asteroid belt
*List of asteroids named after people
*List of asteroids/77001–78000
*Meanings of asteroid names (77001-78000)

References

External links

* [http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=77185 JPL Small-Body Database Browser] . "77185 Cherryh".
* [http://www.billdillon.com/asteroids.html FBAC Asteroid and HEAT Team Page] . "FBAC Asteroid Discoveries at the George Observatory".