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Asteroid

Midsomer Norton
Discovery
Discovered byDuncan Steel
Discovery siteSiding Spring
Discovery date10 March 1992
Designations
MPC designation(9767) Midsomer Norton
Named afterMidsomer Norton
Alternative designations1992 EB1
Orbital characteristics
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)
Semi-major axis3.38200 AU (505.940 Gm)
Eccentricity0.56982
Orbital period (sidereal)6.22 yr (2271.7 d)
Mean anomaly293.763°
Mean motion0° 9 30.492 / day
Inclination21.498°
Longitude of ascending node331.381°
Argument of perihelion231.104°
Earth MOID0.542404 AU (81.1425 Gm)
Jupiter MOID0.863658 AU (129.2014 Gm)
TJupiter2.771
Physical characteristics
Absolute magnitude (H)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.

See also

References

  1. ^ "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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