9951 Tyrannosaurus

Infobox Planet
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name = 9951 Tyrannosaurus
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caption = Orbit of 9951 Tyrannosaurus (blue), planets (red) and the Sun (black). The outermost planet visible is Jupiter.
discovery = yes
discovery_ref =
discoverer = E. W. Elst
discovered = November 15, 1990
designations = yes
mp_name = 9951 Tyrannosaurus
alt_names = mp|1990 VK|5, mp|1974 OG|1, mp|1992 EZ|5
mp_category =
orbit_ref =
epoch = October 27, 2007
aphelion = 2.7255630 AU
perihelion = 2.125627 AU
semimajor = 2.425595 AU
eccentricity = 0.1236678
period = 1379.8309270 d
avg_speed =
inclination = 7.39167°
asc_node = 133.49973°
mean_anomaly = 297.22278°
arg_peri = 152.73564°
satellites =
physical_characteristics = yes
dimensions = ~17km [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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escape_velocity =
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axial_tilt =
pole_ecliptic_lat =
pole_ecliptic_lon =
albedo = ~0.01
temperatures=yes
temp_name1 = Kelvin
mean_temp_1 =
max_temp_1 =
temp_name2 = Celsius
max_temp_2 =
spectral_type = S-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 = 14.0

9951 Tyrannosaurus is an S-type main belt asteroid. It orbits the Sun once every 3.78 years. [cite web|url = http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=9951;orb=0;cov=0;log=0#elem|title = 9951 Tyrannosaurus (1990 VK5)|work = JPL Small-Body Database Browser]

Discovered on November 15, 1990 by E. W. Elst it was given the provisional designation "mp|1990 VK|5". On November 21, 2002 it was renamed "Tyrannosaurus" after Tyrannosaurus, a genus of large carnivorous dinosaur of the late Cretaceous. ["MPC 47166" Minor Planet Center] [cite web|url = http://www.hohmanntransfer.com/news/0211.htm|title = Nov. 2002 Asteroid/Comet News|publisher = Columbine, Inc.]

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