| Discovery A | |
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| Discoverer | Spacewatch |
| Discovery date | January 16, 1996 |
| Alternate designations B |
1981 UX23; 1996 BW4 |
| Category | Main belt |
| Orbital elements C | |
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| Eccentricity (e) | 0.160 |
| Semi-major axis (a) | 337.277 Gm (2.255 AU) |
| Perihelion (q) | 283.259 Gm (1.893 AU) |
| Aphelion (Q) | 391.295 Gm (2.616 AU) |
| Orbital period (P) | 1236.489 d (3.39 a) |
| Mean orbital speed | 19.71 km/s |
| Inclination (i) | 3.653° |
| Longitude of the ascending node (Ω) |
72.463° |
| Argument
of perihelion (ω) |
343.918° |
| Mean anomaly (M) | 60.138° |
| Physical characteristics D | |
| Diameter | ? km |
| Mass | ? × 10? kg |
| Density | ? g/cm³ |
| Surface gravity | ? m/s² |
| Escape velocity | ? km/s |
| Rotation period | {{{rotation}}} |
| Spectral class | ? |
| Absolute magnitude | 15.2 |
| Albedo (geometric) | 0.10? |
| Mean surface temperature |
~185 K |
9793 Torvalds is an asteroid discovered on January 16, 1996 by Spacewatch.
The asteroid is named after Linus Torvalds, a Finnish software engineer best known for initiating the development of the Linux kernel.
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  | Asteroid 9793 Torvalds (1996 BW4) - JPL Small-Body Database Browser |
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