(9839) Crabbegat Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 11 February 1988 by E. W. Elst at La Silla.
Crabbegat is an idyllic road at the border of the Wolvendael park, close to the Royal Observatory at Uccle. The name might refer to “crab”, although Uccle is located near neither the sea nor even a stream.Naming citation (20021120/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Crabbegat is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Crabbegat is 2.67 au from the Sun and 3.04 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 9839 |
| Provisional designation | 1988 CT2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.19 |
| Orbital period | 3.87 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.47 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.21 – 2.73 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.105 |
| Inclination | 3.01° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.19 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 11 February 1988
- (4344) Buxtehude
- (4345) Rachmaninoff
- (4825) Ventura
- (5204) Herakleitos
- (5205) Servian
- (6001) Thales
- (6186) Zenon
- (6294) Czerny
- (6295) Schmoll
- (7012) Hobbes
- (9569) Quintenmatsijs
- (10057) L'Obel
More named asteroids discovered by E. W. Elst
- (3631) Sigyn
- (3784) Chopin
- (3870) Mayre
- (3903) Kliment Ohridski
- (3910) Liszt
- (3912) Troja
- (3918) Brel
- (4038) Kristina
- (4226) Damiaan
- (4342) Freud
- (4344) Buxtehude
- (4345) Rachmaninoff
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