(9882) Stallman Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 28 September 1994 by Spacewatch at Kitt Peak.

Richard Stallman (b. 1953) is the founder of the GNU project and an advocate and developer of free software. He created the GNU system of tools, which made possible the GNU/Linux operating system. This operating system is used by several minor-planet surveys for data collection and analysis.Naming citation (20001111/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Stallman is today

Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Stallman is 2.39 au from the Sun and 3.39 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number	9882
Provisional designation	1994 SS9
Orbit class	Main-belt Asteroid
Diameter	4.23 km (#12,188 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo	0.0390
Absolute magnitude (H)	15.99
Orbital period	3.70 years
Semi-major axis	2.39 au
Perihelion – aphelion	1.95 – 2.83 au
Eccentricity	0.184
Inclination	0.994°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)	0.938 au

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

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