9767 Midsomer Norton

Midsomer Norton
Discovery[1]
Discovered byDuncan Steel
Discovery siteSiding Spring
Discovery date10 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 arc10820 days (29.62 yr)
Aphelion5.3091 AU (794.23 Gm)
Perihelion1.4549 AU (217.65 Gm)
3.38200 AU (505.940 Gm)
Eccentricity0.56982
6.22 yr (2271.7 d)
293.763°
0° 9m 30.492s / day
Inclination21.498°
331.381°
231.104°
Earth MOID0.542404 AU (81.1425 Gm)
Jupiter MOID0.863658 AU (129.2014 Gm)
TJupiter2.771
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.[1] It is one of very few asteroids located in the 2:1 mean motion resonance with Jupiter.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets (5001)-(10000)". IAU: Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 7 December 2008.
  2. ^ "(9767) MidsomerNorton". AstDyS. Italy: University of Pisa. Retrieved 10 December 2008.
  3. ^ "9767 Midsomer Norton (1992 EB1)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
  4. ^ 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.


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