9965 GNU

Infobox Planet
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name = 9965 GNU
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caption = Orbit of 9965 GNU (blue), planets (red) and the Sun (black). The outermost planet visible is Jupiter.
discovery = yes
discovery_ref =
discoverer = Spacewatch
discovered = March 5, 1992
designations = yes
mp_name = 9965 GNU
alt_names = mp|1992 EF|2, mp|1988 BD|4, mp|1993 QR|3
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orbit_ref =
epoch = October 27, 2007
aphelion = 2.8321038 AU
perihelion = 2.0035766 AU
semimajor = 2.4178402 AU
eccentricity = 0.1713362
period = 1373.2190398 d
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inclination = 12.1934°
asc_node = 156.63510°
mean_anomaly = 0.56312°
arg_peri = 82.74981°
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physical_characteristics = yes
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temperatures=yes
temp_name1 = Kelvin
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temp_name2 = Celsius
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spectral_type = C-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 = 14.2

9965 GNU is a C-type main belt asteroid. It orbits the Sun once every 3.76 years. [cite web|url = http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=9965;orb=0;cov=0;log=0#elem|title = 9965 GNU (1992 EF2)|work = JPL Small-Body Database Browser]

Discovered on March 5, 1992 by Spacewatch, it was given the provisional designation "mp|1992 EF|2". It was later renamed "GNU" after the GNU project, whose software is important to academic computing. ["MPC 41571" Minor Planet Center]

See also

*9885 Linux, another free-software-related asteroid name.
*9793 Torvalds
*9882 Stallman

References