9929 McConnell

Infobox Planet
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name = 9929 McConnell
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caption = Orbit of 9929 McConnell (blue), planets (red) and the Sun (black). The outermost planet visible is Jupiter.
discovery = yes
discovery_ref =
discoverer = Oak Ridge Observatory
discovered = February 24, 1982
designations = yes
mp_name = 9929 McConnell
alt_names = mp|1982 DP|1, mp|1984 WH|3, mp|1996 GZ|7
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orbit_ref =
epoch = October 27, 2007
aphelion = 2.5900551 AU
perihelion = 1.9622539 AU
semimajor = 2.2761545 AU
eccentricity = 0.1379083
period = 1254.2988917 d
avg_speed =
inclination = 6.01003°
asc_node = 43.77598°
mean_anomaly = 212.35583°
arg_peri = 62.37019°
satellites =
physical_characteristics = yes
dimensions = ~12.9 km [cite web|url = http://www.iop.org/EJ/article/1538-3881/123/2/1056/FP206.txt?request-id=ZkkEm1jA3BGTV3i82wi7Kg|title = The supplemental IRAS minor planet survey (SIMPS)|author = Tedesco E.F., Noah P.V., Noah M., Price S.D.]
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albedo = ~0.01
temperatures=yes
temp_name1 = Kelvin
mean_temp_1 =
max_temp_1 =
temp_name2 = Celsius
max_temp_2 =
spectral_type =
abs_magnitude = 14.1

9929 McConnell is a main belt asteroid. It orbits the Sun once every 3.43 years. [cite web|url = http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=9929|title = 9929 McConnell (1982 DP1)|work = JPL Small-Body Database Browser | publisher = NASA/JPL | accessdate = 2008-02-18]

Discovered on February 24, 1982 by the Oak Ridge Observatory, it was given the provisional designation "mp|1982 DP|1". It was later renamed "McConnell" after John C. McConnell, an historian of astronomy. [MPC 42670 "Minor Planet Center"]

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