(9804) Shrikulkarni Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 1 July 1997 by E. O. Ofek at Wise.
Shrinivas Kulkarni (b. 1956) was a co-discoverer of the first millisecond pulsar, the first optical counterpart of a binary pulsar, the first pulsar in a globular cluster, the extragalactic origin of gamma-ray bursts and the first brown dwarf. He founded the Palomar Transient Factory and the Zwicky Transient Facility.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2017-01-12), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Shrikulkarni is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Shrikulkarni is 2.62 au from the Sun and 2.91 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 9804 |
| Provisional designation | 1997 NU |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.05 km (#8,844 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.326 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.38 |
| Orbital period | 4.37 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.67 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.36 – 2.98 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.116 |
| Inclination | 13.5° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.40 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 1 July 1997
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