![]() Orbit of Rubincam (blue), inner planets and Jupiter (outermost) | |
Discovery [1] | |
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Discovered by | S. J. Bus |
Discovery site | Siding Spring Obs. |
Discovery date | 2 March 1981 |
Designations | |
(9921) Rubincam | |
Named after | David Rubincam (American geophysicist)[2] |
1981 EO18 | |
main-belt · (inner) [3] | |
Orbital characteristics [1] | |
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5) | |
Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
Observation arc | 63.45 yr (23,175 days) |
Aphelion | 2.5174 AU |
Perihelion | 2.2352 AU |
2.3763 AU | |
Eccentricity | 0.0594 |
3.66 yr (1,338 days) | |
91.234° | |
0° 16m 8.76s / day | |
Inclination | 2.4008° |
331.39° | |
89.205° | |
Physical characteristics | |
Dimensions | 4.10 km (calculated)[3] 4.250±0.094 km[4][5] |
8.01±0.03 h[6] 8.014±0.0017 h[7] | |
0.20 (assumed)[3] 0.204±0.035[4][5] | |
S [3] | |
14.2[4] · 14.276±0.001 (R)[7] · 14.3[1][3] | |
9921 Rubincam, provisional designation 1981 EO18, is a stony asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 4 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 2 March 1981, by American astronomer Schelte Bus at the Siding Spring Observatory in Australia, and later named after American geophysicist David Rubincam.[2]
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