9995 Alouette is an S-type main belt asteroid. It orbits the Sun once every 3.69 years.Discovered on September 24 1960 by C. J. van Houten and I. van Houten-Groeneveld on archived photographic plates made by T. Gehrels it was given the provisional designation 4805 P-L. It was later renamed Alouette in honour of Alouette-1 the first Canadian satellite.
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apoapsis (km)
4.15669e+11
orbital period (μ)
1.16605e+08
periapsis (km)
2.99417e+11
absolute magnitude
15.1
discovery date
1960-09-24
discoverer
Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld
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