(9774) Annjudge Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 12 July 1993 by E. W. Elst at La Silla.
Ann Campana Judge (1951-2001) was the travel office manager for the National Geographic Society. While accompanying a group of students and teachers on an NGS-sponsored field trip to the Californian Channel Islands, she perished on the aircraft that was crashed by terrorists into the Pentagon.Naming citation (20011230/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Annjudge is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Annjudge is 2.26 au from the Sun and 1.26 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 9774 |
| Provisional designation | 1993 NO |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.55 km (#13,836 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.387 |
| Rotation period | 10.5 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.2 |
| Orbital period | 4.04 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.53 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.22 – 2.85 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.123 |
| Inclination | 0.532° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.23 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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