9962 Pfau

Infobox Planet
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name = 9962 Pfau
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caption = Orbit of 9962 Pfau (blue), planets (red) and the Sun (black). The outermost planet visible is Jupiter.
discovery = yes
discovery_ref =
discoverer = F. Borngen
discovered = December 28, 1991
designations = yes
mp_name = 9962 Pfau
alt_names = mp|1991 YL|1, mp|1996 FJ|3, mp|1996 HN|26
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orbit_ref =
epoch = October 27, 2007
aphelion = 2.7171403 AU
perihelion = 2.0499971 AU
semimajor = 2.3835687 AU
eccentricity = 0.1399463
period = 1344.1258675 d
avg_speed =
inclination = 0.79066°
asc_node = 312.93406°
mean_anomaly = 64.90894°
arg_peri = 200.17947°
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physical_characteristics = yes
dimensions = ~19.5 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.]
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temperatures=yes
temp_name1 = Kelvin
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temp_name2 = Celsius
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spectral_type =
abs_magnitude = 14.6

9962 Pfau is a main belt asteroid. It orbits the Sun once every 3.68 years. [cite web|url = http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=9962;orb=0;cov=0;log=0#elem|title = 9962 Pfau (1991 YL1)|work = JPL Small-Body Database Browser]

Discovered on December 28, 1991 by F. Borngen, it was given the provisional designation "mp|1991 YL|1". It was later renamed "Pfau" after Werner Pfau, a former director of the Jena University Observatory and former chairman of the Astronomische Gesellschaft. ["MPC 41937" Minor Planet Center]

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