(9758) Dainty Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 13 April 1991 by D. I. Steel at Siding Spring.

Where Dainty is today

MercuryVenusEarthEarthMarsMarsDaintyDainty

Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Dainty is 2.39 au from the Sun and 2.19 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number9758
Provisional designation1991 GZ9
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter7.73 km (#6,844 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.0680
Absolute magnitude (H)14.05
Orbital period4.54 years
Semi-major axis2.74 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.13 – 3.36 au
Eccentricity0.224
Inclination7.54°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.15 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also discovered on 13 April 1991

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