9902 Kirkpatrick

9902 Kirkpatrick

Infobox Planet | discovery=yes | physical_characteristics = yes | bgcolour=#FFFFC0 | name=9902 Kirkpatrick
minorplanet=yes


caption = Orbit of 9902 Kirkpatrick (blue), planets (red) and the Sun (black). The outermost planet visible is Jupiter.
discoverer = Paul Comba
discovered = July 3, 1997
mp_name = 9902 Kirkpatrick
alt_names = 1997 NY, mp|1988 XS|4, mp|1994 RK|29, mp|1996 EJ|16
mp_category =
orbit_ref =
epoch = October 27, 2007
aphelion = 2.3933043 AU
perihelion = 2.0271321 AU
semimajor = 2.2102182 AU
eccentricity = 0.0828362
period = 1200.1931511 d (3.29 a
avg_speed = 20.03 km/s
inclination = 5.31702°
asc_node = 274.51519°
mean_anomaly = 254.80261°
arg_perihelion = 176.64278°
satellites =
physical_characteristics = yes
dimensions = ~17.8 km [cite web|url = http://www.iop.org/EJ/article/1538-3881/123/2/1056/FP206.txt?request-id=ZkkEm1jA3BGTV3i82wi7Kg|title = The supplemental IRAS minor planet survey (SIMPS)|author = Tedesco E.F., Noah P.V., Noah M., Price S.D.]
mass =
density =
surface_grav =
escape_velocity =
sidereal_day =
axial_tilt =
pole_ecliptic_lat =
pole_ecliptic_lon =
albedo = ~0.01
temperatures=yes
abs_magnitude = 14.7

9902 Kirkpatrick is a main belt asteroid. It orbits the Sun once every 3.29 year. [cite web | url = http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=9902 | title = 9902 Kirkpatrick (1997 NY) | work = JPL Small-Body Database Browser | publisher = NASA/JPL | accessdate = 2008-02-07]

Discovered on July 3, 1997 by Paul Comba at the Prescott Observatory, it was given the provisional designation "1997 NY". It was renamed "Kirkpatrick" for Ralph Kirkpatrick, eminent American harpsichordist, clavichordist, musicologist and teacher. [MPC 34356 "Minor Planet Center"]

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