- 9885 Linux
Minor Planet
name=9885 Linux
discoverer=Spacewatch
discovery_date=October 12 ,1994
designations=1985 CT2; 1994 TM14
category=Main belt
epoch=November 26 ,2005 (JD 2453700.5)
semimajor=352.851 Gm (2.359 AU)
perihelion=329.270 Gm (2.201 AU)
aphelion=376.432 Gm (2.516 AU)
eccentricity=0.067
period=1323.116 d (3.62 a)
inclination=6.113°
asc_node=198.365°
arg_peri=253.114°
mean_anomaly=329.206°
speed=19.37 km/s
dimensions=? km
mass=?×10? kg
density=? g/cm³
gravity=? m/s²
escape_velocity=? km/s
rotation=? d
spectral_class=?
abs_mag=13.7
albedo=0.1?
temperature=~181 K9885 Linux is an
asteroid discovered onOctober 12 ,1994 bySpacewatch .The asteroid is named after the
Linux kernel .See also
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9793 Torvalds , an asteroid named afterLinus Torvalds
*9882 Stallman , an asteroid named afterRichard Matthew Stallman , American hacker, founder of the free software movement
*9965 GNU , an asteroid named after theGNU project (components of which are often used inLinux systems)References
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