9931 Herbhauptman

Infobox Planet
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name = 9931 Herbhauptman
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caption = Orbit of 9931 Herbhauptman (blue), planets (red) and the Sun (black). The outermost planet visible is Jupiter.
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discovery_ref =
discoverer = A. Mrkos
discovered = April 18, 1985
designations = yes
mp_name = 9931 Herbhauptman
alt_names = 1985 HH, mp|1982 QJ|1, mp|1996 HA|1
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epoch = October 27, 2007
aphelion = 2.8020506 AU
perihelion = 1.9529788 AU
semimajor = 2.3775147 AU
eccentricity = 0.1785629
period = 1339.0081989 d
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inclination = 2.46938°
asc_node = 157.38817°
mean_anomaly = 28.54460°
arg_peri = 80.13508°
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temperatures=yes
temp_name1 = Kelvin
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temp_name2 = Celsius
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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 = 13.5

9931 Herbhauptman is an S-type main belt asteroid. It orbits the Sun once every 3.67 years. [cite web|url = http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=9931|title = 9931 Herbhauptman (1985 HH)|work = JPL Small-Body Database Browser | publisher = NASA/JPL | accessdate = 2008-02-18] It is associated with the Nysa family of asteroids. [cite web|url = http://www.psi.edu/pds/resource/family.html|author = Zappala, V., Ph. Bendjoya, A. Cellino, P. Farinella, and C. Froeschle|title = Asteroid Dynamical Families.|work = EAR-A-5-DDR-FAMILY-V4.1|publisher = NASA Planetary Data System|date = 1997]

Discovered on April 18, 1985 by Antonín Mrkos at the Klet Observatory, it was given the provisional designation "1985 HH". It was later renamed "Herbhauptman" after Herbert A. Hauptman, co-winner of the 1985 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. [MPC 52767 "Minor Planet Center"]

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