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Discovered on November 15, 1990 by [[E. W. Elst]] it was given the provisional designation "{{mp|1990 VK|5}}". On November 21, 2002 it was renamed "Tyrannosaurus" after [[Tyrannosaurus]], a [[genus]] of large [[carnivorous]] [[dinosaur]] of the late [[Cretaceous]].<ref>''MPC 47166'' Minor Planet Center</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.hohmanntransfer.com/news/0211.htm|title = Nov. 2002 Asteroid/Comet News|publisher = Columbine, Inc.}}</ref> |
Discovered on November 15, 1990 by [[E. W. Elst]] it was given the provisional designation "{{mp|1990 VK|5}}". On November 21, 2002 it was renamed "Tyrannosaurus" after [[Tyrannosaurus]], a [[genus]] of large [[carnivorous]] [[dinosaur]] of the late [[Cretaceous]].<ref>''MPC 47166'' Minor Planet Center</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.hohmanntransfer.com/news/0211.htm|title = Nov. 2002 Asteroid/Comet News|publisher = Columbine, Inc.}}</ref> |
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== References == |
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{{MinorPlanets Navigator|9950 ESA|(9952) 1991 AK}} |
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{{MinorPlanets Footer}} |
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Tyrannosaurus}} |
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[[Category:Main Belt asteroids]] |
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[[Category:S-type asteroids]] |
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[[Category:Discoveries by Eric Walter Elst]] |
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[[Category:Astronomical objects discovered in 1990]] |
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| Discovery | |||||||||||||
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| Discovered by | E. W. Elst | ||||||||||||
| Discovery date | November 15, 1990 | ||||||||||||
| Designations | |||||||||||||
| 9951 Tyrannosaurus | |||||||||||||
Named after | Tyrannosaurus | ||||||||||||
| 1990 VK5, 1974 OG1, 1992 EZ5 | |||||||||||||
| Orbital characteristics | |||||||||||||
| Epoch October 27, 2007 | |||||||||||||
| Aphelion | 2.7255630 AU | ||||||||||||
| Perihelion | 2.125627 AU | ||||||||||||
| 2.425595 AU | |||||||||||||
| Eccentricity | 0.1236678 | ||||||||||||
| 1379.8309270 d | |||||||||||||
| 297.22278° | |||||||||||||
| Inclination | 7.39167° | ||||||||||||
| 133.49973° | |||||||||||||
| 152.73564° | |||||||||||||
| Physical characteristics | |||||||||||||
| Dimensions | ~17km[1] | ||||||||||||
| ~0.01 | |||||||||||||
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| S-type asteroid[2] | |||||||||||||
| 14.0 | |||||||||||||
9951 Tyrannosaurus is an S-type main belt asteroid. It orbits the Sun once every 3.78 years.[3]
Discovered on November 15, 1990 by E. W. Elst it was given the provisional designation "1990 VK5". On November 21, 2002 it was renamed "Tyrannosaurus" after Tyrannosaurus, a genus of large carnivorous dinosaur of the late Cretaceous.[4][5]
- ^ Tedesco E.F., Noah P.V., Noah M., Price S.D. "The supplemental IRAS minor planet survey (SIMPS)".
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Gianluca Masi, Sergio Foglia & Richard P. Binzel. "Search for Unusual Spectroscopic Candidates Among 40313 minor planets from the 3rd Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Moving Object Catalog".
- ^ "9951 Tyrannosaurus (1990 VK5)". JPL Small-Body Database Browser.
- ^ MPC 47166 Minor Planet Center
- ^ "Nov. 2002 Asteroid/Comet News". Columbine, Inc.