9972 Minoruoda

Infobox Planet
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name = 9972 Minoruoda
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caption = Orbit of 9972 Minoruoda (blue), planets (red) and the Sun (black). The outermost planet visible is Jupiter.
discovery = yes
discovery_ref =
discoverer = S. Otomo
discovered = May 26, 1993
designations = yes
mp_name =
alt_names = 1993 KQ, 1958 DQ, mp|1979 HE|6, mp|1982 BE|2, mp|1989 AQ|9
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orbit_ref =
epoch = October 27, 2007
aphelion = 2.7470181 AU
perihelion = 1.8320159 AU
semimajor = 2.289517 AU
eccentricity = 0.1998243
period = 1265.3604210 d
avg_speed =
inclination = 9.42008°
asc_node = 97.95756°
mean_anomaly = 73.04899°
arg_peri = 124.54657°
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physical_characteristics = yes
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albedo =
temperatures=yes
temp_name1 = Kelvin
mean_temp_1 =
max_temp_1 =
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 = 13.6

9972 Minoruoda is a [{C-type asteroid|C-type] main belt asteroid. It orbits the Sun once every 3.46 years. [cite web|url = http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=9972;orb=0;cov=0;log=0#elem|title = 9972 Minoruoda (1993 KQ)|work = JPL Small-Body Database Browser]

Discovered on May 26, 1993 by S. Otomo it was given the provisional designation 1993 KQ. It was later renamed "Minoruoda" after Minoru Oda, a former director general of the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science. ["MPC 50250" Minor Planet Center]

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