9999 Wiles
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File:AnimatedOrbitOf9999Wiles.gif | |||||||||||||
Discovery | |||||||||||||
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Discovered by | C. J. van Houten, I. van Houten-Groeneveld, & T. Gehrels |
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Discovery date | 29 September 1973 | ||||||||||||
Designations | |||||||||||||
MPC designation | 9999 Wiles | ||||||||||||
Named after
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Andrew Wiles | ||||||||||||
4196 T-2, 1995 EM8 | |||||||||||||
main belt | |||||||||||||
Orbital characteristics[1] | |||||||||||||
Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5) | |||||||||||||
Uncertainty parameter 0 | |||||||||||||
Observation arc | 15250 days (41.75 yr) | ||||||||||||
Aphelion | 3.0380315 AU (454.48304 Gm) | ||||||||||||
Perihelion | 2.6393810 AU (394.84578 Gm) | ||||||||||||
2.8387062 AU (424.66440 Gm) | |||||||||||||
Eccentricity | 0.0702169 | ||||||||||||
4.78 yr (1746.9 d) | |||||||||||||
350.2670° | |||||||||||||
Inclination | 3.199406° | ||||||||||||
76.37237° | |||||||||||||
235.08741° | |||||||||||||
Earth MOID | 1.62468 AU (243.049 Gm) | ||||||||||||
Jupiter MOID | 2.1303 AU (318.69 Gm) | ||||||||||||
Physical characteristics | |||||||||||||
3.4822 h (0.14509 d) | |||||||||||||
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C-type asteroid[2] | |||||||||||||
12.9 | |||||||||||||
9999 Wiles is a C-type asteroid from the asteroid belt. It orbits the Sun every 4.8 years.
It was discovered by C. J. van Houten, I. van Houten-Groeneveld and T. Gehrels on September 29, 1973. Given the provisional designation 4196 T-2, it was renamed 9999 Wiles in honour of Andrew J. Wiles, who proved Fermat's last theorem.[3]
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