9941 Iguanodon

9941 Iguanodon

Infobox Planet
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width = 25em
discovery = yes
physical_characteristics = yes
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name = 9941 Iguanodon


caption = Orbit of 9941 Iguanodon (blue), planets (red) and the Sun (black). The outermost planet visible is Jupiter.
symbol=
discoverer= E. W. Elst
discovered= February 4, 1989
designations = yes
alt_names=mp|1989 CB|3, mp|1994 PV|30
mp_category=Main belt
epoch=June 3, 2006 (JD 2453890.1370709)
semimajor=2.2999871 AU
perihelion=2.0216201 AU
aphelion=2.5783541 AU
eccentricity=0.1210298
period=1274.0501293 d (3.49 a)
inclination=5.43504°
asc_node=264.40297°
arg_peri=217.84888°
mean_anomaly=87.69722°
avg_speed=
dimensions=
mass=
density=
surface_grav=
escape_velocity=
rotation=
spectral_type=S-type asteroid [cite web|url = http://people.roma2.infn.it/~masi/sdss_smass/|title = Search for Unusual Spectroscopic Candidates Among 40313 minor planets from the 3rd Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Moving Object Catalog|author = Gianluca Masi, Sergio Foglia & Richard P. Binzel]
abs_magnitude=14.5 mag
albedo=
single_temperature=

9941 Iguanodon is an S-type main belt asteroid which orbits the Sun every 3.49 years. [cite web|url = http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=9941|title = 9941 Iguanodon (1989 CB3)|work = JPL Small-Body Database Browser]

It was discovered on February 4, 1989 by Eric Elst at the European Southern Observatory and given the provisional designation "mp|1989 CB|3". It was later renamed "Iguanodon" after the dinosaur genus "Iguanodon". [MPC 47166 "Minor Planet Center]

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