(9550) Victorblanco Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 15 October 1985 by E. Bowell at Anderson Mesa.

Victor M. Blanco (b. 1918) was director of the Cerro Tololo Interamerican Observatory from 1967 to 1981. Under his leadership, Cerro Tololo developed into a major southern-hemisphere observatory, including the construction of the 4-meter telescope in 1975. The name was suggested by F. Vilas.Naming citation (20010309/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Victorblanco is today

Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Victorblanco is 2.86 au from the Sun and 3.86 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number	9550
Provisional designation	1985 TY1
Orbit class	Main-belt Asteroid
Diameter	12.9 km (#3,748 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo	0.0510
Rotation period	7.74 hours
Absolute magnitude (H)	13.63
Orbital period	4.30 years
Semi-major axis	2.64 au
Perihelion – aphelion	2.41 – 2.88 au
Eccentricity	0.0882
Inclination	8.02°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)	1.42 au

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

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