7939 Asphaug

Tags: Planet.

7939 Asphaug is an asteroid named for Dr. Erik I. Asphaug recipient of the 1998 H. C. Urey Prize and a professor at the University of California Santa Cruz.

apoapsis (km)

4.28955e+11

average speed (km/s)

68940.0

orbital period (μ)

1.14711e+08

periapsis (km)

2.78368e+11

temperature (K)

181.0

absolute magnitude

14.4

albedo

0.1

discovery date

1991-01-14

discoverer

Eleanor F. Helin

epoch

December 31 2006 (JD 2454100.5)

former name

1968 UW; 1986 SK; 1991 AP1