9988 Erictemplebell

Infobox Planet
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name = 9988 Erictemplebell
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caption = Orbit of 9988 Erictemplebell (blue), planets (red) and the Sun (black). The outermost planet visible is Jupiter.
discovery = yes
discovery_ref =
discoverer = P. G. Comba
discovered = September 9, 1997
designations = yes
mp_name =
alt_names = mp|1997 RX|6, mp|1977 RE|11, mp|1985 FA|3
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orbit_ref =
epoch = October 27, 2007
aphelion = 2.9581236 AU
perihelion = 2.8403672 AU
semimajor = 2.8992454 AU
eccentricity = 0.0203081
period = 1803.1252669 d
avg_speed =
inclination = 1.86094°
asc_node = 15.74823°
mean_anomaly = 279.43925
arg_peri = 99.58353°
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temperatures=yes
temp_name1 = Kelvin
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temp_name2 = Celsius
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abs_magnitude = 12.8

9988 Erictemplebell is a main belt asteroid. It orbits the Sun once every 4.94 years. [cite web|url = http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=9988;orb=0;cov=0;log=0#elem|title = 9988 Erictemplebell (1997 RX6)|work = JPL Small-Body Database Browser]

Discovered on September 9, 1997 by Paul G. Comba, it was given the provisional designation mp|1997 RX|6. It was later renamed 9988 Erictemplebell in honour of Eric Temple Bell, a professor at the California Institute of Technology where he taught a class on algebra which the discoverer took. ["MPC 34632" Minor Planet Center]

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