77185 Cherryh
Orbital diagram of 77185 Cherryh
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| Discovery | |
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| Discovered by |
D. Wells A. Cruz |
| Discovery site | George Observatory |
| Discovery date | 20 March 2001 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | (77185) Cherryh |
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Named after
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C. J. Cherryh (American writer) |
| 2001 FE9 · 1998 TG27 | |
| main-belt | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 9151 days (25.05 yr) |
| Aphelion | 3.0502 AU (456.30 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 2.1441 AU (320.75 Gm) |
| 2.5972 AU (388.54 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.17443 |
| 4.19 yr (1528.8 d) | |
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Average orbital speed
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18.45 km/s |
| 147.24° | |
| 0.23548°/day | |
| Inclination | 3.1472° |
| 12.662° | |
| 231.56° | |
| Earth MOID | 1.13185 AU (169.322 Gm) |
| Jupiter MOID | 1.97619 AU (295.634 Gm) |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 15.9 | |
77185 Cherryh is a main belt asteroid. Its provisional designation was 2001 FE9.
It was discovered on March 20, 2001 at the George Observatory in Needville, Texas, by amateur astronomers Don J. Wells and Alex Cruz of the Fort Bend Astronomy Club (FBAC) Asteroid Discovery Team. The discovery was confirmed the next night by Keith Rivich of the FBAC.
The asteroid was named by the discoverers after C. J. Cherryh (b. 1942), the award-winning American science fiction and fantasy author.
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