Discovery | |||||||||||||
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Discovered by | C. Pollas | ||||||||||||
Discovery date | 8 November 1990 | ||||||||||||
Designations | |||||||||||||
MPC designation | (9950) ESA | ||||||||||||
Named after
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European Space Agency | ||||||||||||
1990 VB | |||||||||||||
Orbital characteristics | |||||||||||||
Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5) | |||||||||||||
Uncertainty parameter 0 | |||||||||||||
Observation arc | 9286 days (25.42 yr) | ||||||||||||
Aphelion | 3.737064922180292 AU (559.05695502583 Gm) | ||||||||||||
Perihelion | 1.14092137083548 AU (170.67940771311 Gm) | ||||||||||||
2.43899314650789 AU (364.86818136947 Gm) | |||||||||||||
Eccentricity | 0.532216245679477 | ||||||||||||
3.81 yr (1391.3 d) | |||||||||||||
222.4941661252860° | |||||||||||||
0° 15m 31.517s / day | |||||||||||||
Inclination | 14.58410510446003° | ||||||||||||
253.5630393174880° | |||||||||||||
103.4590154541560° | |||||||||||||
Earth MOID | 0.281313 AU (42.0838 Gm) | ||||||||||||
Jupiter MOID | 2.09281 AU (313.080 Gm) | ||||||||||||
Jupiter Tisserand parameter | 3.255 | ||||||||||||
Physical characteristics | |||||||||||||
Dimensions | ~3km | ||||||||||||
6.712 h (0.2797 d) | |||||||||||||
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9950 ESA is an Amor asteroid. It orbits the Sun once every 3.81 years.
Discovered on November 8, 1990 by C. Pollas it was given the provisional designation "1990 VB". It was later renamed "ESA" after the European Space Agency.