![]() Orbit of Donizetti (blue) with the inner planets and Jupiter (outermost) | |
Discovery [1] | |
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Discovered by | C. J. van Houten I. van Houten-G. T. Gehrels |
Discovery site | Palomar Obs. |
Discovery date | 16 October 1977 |
Designations | |
(9912) Donizetti | |
Named after | Gaetano Donizetti (Italian composer)[2] |
2078 T-3 · 1979 BH1 1989 SJ10 | |
main-belt · (middle) · Rafita [3][4]: 23 | |
Orbital characteristics [1] | |
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5) | |
Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
Observation arc | 39.66 yr (14,486 days) |
Aphelion | 2.9466 AU |
Perihelion | 2.1790 AU |
2.5628 AU | |
Eccentricity | 0.1498 |
4.10 yr (1,499 days) | |
61.175° | |
0° 14m 24.72s / day | |
Inclination | 7.2616° |
344.18° | |
227.50° | |
Physical characteristics | |
Dimensions | 6.54 km (calculated)[5] 6.922±0.310 km[6][7] |
6.228±0.0018 h (R)[8] 6.230±0.0018 h (R)[8] | |
0.20 (assumed)[5] 0.255±0.043[6][7] | |
S [5][9] | |
12.838±0.003 (R)[8] · 12.9[1][6] · 12.903±0.003 (R)[8] · 13.08±0.35[9] · 13.29[5] | |
9912 Donizetti, provisional designation 2078 T-3, is a stony Rafita asteroid from the central regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 7 km in diameter. It was discovered during the third Palomar–Leiden Trojan survey in 1977, and named after Italian composer Gaetano Donizetti.
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