9999 Wiles

9999 Wiles

Orbit of 9999 Wiles (blue), planets (red) and the Sun (black). The outermost planet visible is Jupiter.
Discovery
Discovered by C. J. van Houten,
I. van Houten-Groeneveld,
& T. Gehrels
Discovery date 29 September 1973
Designations
MPC designation 9999 Wiles
Named after
Andrew Wiles
4196 T-2, 1995 EM8
main belt
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 15250 days (41.75 yr)
Aphelion 3.0380315 AU (454.48304 Gm)
Perihelion 2.6393810 AU (394.84578 Gm)
2.8387062 AU (424.66440 Gm)
Eccentricity 0.0702169
4.78 yr (1746.9 d)
350.2670°
 12m 21.867s / day
Inclination 3.199406°
76.37237°
235.08741°
Earth MOID 1.62468 AU (243.049 Gm)
Jupiter MOID 2.1303 AU (318.69 Gm)
Jupiter Tisserand parameter 3.304
Physical characteristics
3.4822 h (0.14509 d)
Surface temp. min mean max
Kelvin
Celsius
C-type asteroid[2]
12.9

    9999 Wiles is a C-type asteroid from the asteroid belt. It orbits the Sun every 4.8 years.

    It was discovered by C. J. van Houten, I. van Houten-Groeneveld and T. Gehrels on September 29, 1973. Given the provisional designation 4196 T-2, it was renamed 9999 Wiles in honour of Andrew J. Wiles, who proved Fermat's last theorem.[3]

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