- 9949 Brontosaurus
Infobox Planet
minorplanet = yes
width = 25em
bgcolour = #FFFFC0
apsis =
name = 9949 Brontosaurus
symbol =
caption = Orbit of 9949 Brontosaurus (blue), planets (red) and theSun (black). The outermost planet visible isJupiter .
discovery = yes
discovery_ref =
discoverer =E. W. Elst
discovered =September 22 ,1990
designations = yes
mp_name = 9949 Brontosaurus
alt_names = mp|1990 SK|6, mp|1978 GT|1, mp|1985 DM|1, 1992 BS
mp_category =
orbit_ref =
epoch =October 27 ,2007
aphelion = 2.5011022 AU
perihelion = 2.2088124 AU
semimajor = 2.3549573 AU
eccentricity = 0.0620584
period = 1319.9971092 d
avg_speed =
inclination = 7.71049°
asc_node = 29.95483°
mean_anomaly = 60.26220°
arg_peri = 174.69144°
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.]
mass =
density =
surface_grav =
escape_velocity =
sidereal_day =
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 =
abs_magnitude = 14.09949 Brontosaurus is a
main belt asteroid . It orbits theSun once every 3.61 years. [cite web|url = http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=9949;orb=0;cov=0;log=0#elem|title = 9949 Brontosaurus (1990 SK6)|work = JPL Small-Body Database Browser]Discovered on
September 22 ,1990 byE. W. Elst it was given the provisional designation "mp|1990 SK|6". It was later renamed "Brontosaurus" after Brontosaurus, a deprecatedgenus of dinosaur, now properly calledApatosaurus . ["MPC 47166' Minor Planet Center]References
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