(9002) Gabrynowicz Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 23 August 1981 by H. Debehogne at La Silla.
Joanne Irene Gabrynowicz (1949) is Emerita Professor, Director of the National Center for Remote Sensing, Air, and Space Law of the University of Mississippi School of Law, and Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Space Law. She has spoken in front of the U.S. Congress and the United Nations on matters of space law.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2017-03-12), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Gabrynowicz is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Gabrynowicz is 2.94 au from the Sun and 3.93 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 9002 |
| Provisional designation | 1981 QV2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.37 km (#9,936 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.353 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.38 |
| Orbital period | 4.26 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.63 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.31 – 2.95 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.122 |
| Inclination | 9.17° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.31 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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