(9544) Scottbirney Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 1 March 1984 by E. Bowell at Anderson Mesa.
D. Scott Birney (b. 1926) was a professor of astronomy at Wellesley College, Massachusetts, from 1968 to 1991, serving as department chair. He authored two textbooks: Modern Astronomy (1969) and Observational Astronomy (1991). The name was suggested by F. Vilas.Naming citation (20010309/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Scottbirney is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Scottbirney is 3.49 au from the Sun and 2.88 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 9544 |
| Provisional designation | 1984 EL |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 15.1 km (#3,106 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0700 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.71 |
| Orbital period | 5.68 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.18 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.85 – 3.51 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.104 |
| Inclination | 5.87° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.86 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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