Discovery | |
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Discovered by | Duncan Steel |
Discovery site | Siding Spring |
Discovery date | 10 March 1992 |
Designations | |
MPC designation | 9767 |
Named after
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Midsomer Norton |
1992 EB1 | |
Orbital characteristics | |
Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5) | |
Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
Observation arc | 10820 days (29.62 yr) |
Aphelion | 5.3091 AU (794.23 Gm) |
Perihelion | 1.4549 AU (217.65 Gm) |
3.38200 AU (505.940 Gm) | |
Eccentricity | 0.56982 |
6.22 yr (2271.7 d) | |
293.763° | |
0° 9m 30.492s / day | |
Inclination | 21.498° |
331.381° | |
231.104° | |
Earth MOID | 0.542404 AU (81.1425 Gm) |
Jupiter MOID | 0.863658 AU (129.2014 Gm) |
Jupiter Tisserand parameter | 2.771 |
Physical characteristics | |
16.4 | |
9767 Midsomer Norton (1992 EB1) is an outer main-belt asteroid discovered on March 10, 1992 by Duncan Steel at Siding Spring. It is one of very few asteroids located in the 2 : 1 mean motion resonance with Jupiter.