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9860 Archaeopteryx (1991 PW9) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 6 1991 by Eric Walter Elst at the European Southern Observatory. It is named after the earliest known bird Archaeopteryx which dates from the Jurassic Period.

apoapsis (km)
5.10122e+11
orbital period (μ)
1.77476e+08
periapsis (km)
4.36058e+11
absolute magnitude
12.9
discovery date
1991-08-06
discoverer
Eric Walter Elst
epoch
May 14 2008
former name
1991 PW9

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