(9391) Slee Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 14 August 1994 by R. H. McNaught at Siding Spring.
Bruce Slee (b. 1924) is one of the pioneers of radio astronomy. After independently discovering solar radio emission in the 1940s, he joined the Division of Radiophysics in Sydney, Australia, and over the next sixty years made important contributions to solar system, galactic and extragalactic radio astronomy.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2016-02-22), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Slee is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Slee is 2.30 au from the Sun and 1.35 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 9391 |
| Provisional designation | 1994 PH1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.05 |
| Orbital period | 4.55 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.74 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.89 – 3.60 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.311 |
| Inclination | 12.0° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.879 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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