Asteroid 9963 Sandage


9963 Sandage is a main-belt asteroid with an estimated diameter of about 15 km. It was discovered on January 9, 1992 by E. F. Helin at Palomar. The semi-major axis is 2.34 AU, the eccentricity is 0.281 and the inclination is 23.46 degrees.

This asteroid was observed on 6 nights during May and June 2015. A period of 4.65 hours was derived. The lightcurve appeared somewhat asymetric.



Lightcurve results for 9963 Sandage. Derived period 4.65053 ± 0.00013 hours. Amplitude of 0.43 ± 0.05 magnitude.