9564 Jeffwynn

Orbit and classification

Jeffwynn is a stony asteroid that orbits the Sun at a distance of 1.6–3.1 AU once every 3 years and 7 months (1,307 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.32 and an inclination of 22° with respect to the ecliptic.

The body's observation arc begins 36 years prior to its official discovery observation, with its precovery identification as at Palomar in July 1951.

Physical characteristics

Jeffwynn has been characterized as a common, stony S-type asteroid by photometry from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey.

Lightcurves

In September 2012, a rotational lightcurve of Jeffwynn was obtained from photometric observations by American astronomer Brian Warner at his Palmer Divide Observatory (716) in Colorado. Lightcurve analysis gave a well-defined rotation period of hours with a brightness variation of 0.16 magnitude ().

Diameter and albedo

The Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link calculates a diameter of 4.7 kilometers with an absolute magnitude of 14.0 and an assumed albedo for stony asteroids of 0.20.

Naming

This minor planet was named in honor of American Jeffrey C. Wynn, research geophysicist with the United States Geological Survey, described as a "humorous, curious, inventive, adventurous geophysicist", who examined the Saudi Arabian Wabar craters on several expeditions in 1994 and 1995, together with Eugene Shoemaker, after whom the minor planet 2074 Shoemaker is named. Wynn's research included mapping the seafloor, analyzing terrestrial minerals, and studying aquifers and archaeological sites. He also observed with the comet-discovering Shoemaker-Levy team. The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 23 November 1999 (M.P.C. 36948).

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