9767 Midsomer Norton (1992 EB1) is an outer main-belt asteroid discovered on March 10, 1992, by Duncan Steel at Siding Spring.[1] It is one of very few asteroids located in the 2:1 mean motion resonance with Jupiter.[4]
| Discovery[1] | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Duncan Steel |
| Discovery site | Siding Spring |
| Discovery date | 10 March 1992 |
| Designations | |
| (9767) Midsomer Norton | |
Named after | Midsomer Norton |
| 1992 EB1 | |
| Orbital characteristics[2][3] | |
| 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) |
| TJupiter | 2.771 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 16.4 | |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets (5001)-(10000)". IAU: Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 7 December 2008.
- ^ "(9767) MidsomerNorton". AstDyS. Italy: University of Pisa. Retrieved 10 December 2008.
- ^ "9767 Midsomer Norton (1992 EB1)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
- ^ Roig; Nesvorny, D.; Ferraz-Mello, S.; et al. (2002). "Asteroids in the 2:1 resonance with Jupiter: dynamics and size distribution". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 335 (2): 417–431. Bibcode:2002MNRAS.335..417R. doi:10.1046/j.1365-8711.2002.05635.x.
External links
edit- 9767 Midsomer Norton at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
- 9767 Midsomer Norton at the JPL Small-Body Database
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