9949 Brontosaurus
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9949 Brontosaurus is a main belt asteroid. It orbits the Sun
once every 3.61 years.
Discovered on September 22, 1990 by E. W. Elst it was given the provisional designation "". It was later renamed "Brontosaurus" after Brontosaurus
, a deprecated genus
of dinosaur, now properly called Apatosaurus
.
Sun
The Sun is the star at the center of the Solar System. It is almost perfectly spherical and consists of hot plasma interwoven with magnetic fields...
once every 3.61 years.
Discovered on September 22, 1990 by E. W. Elst it was given the provisional designation "". It was later renamed "Brontosaurus" after Brontosaurus
Apatosaurus
Apatosaurus , also known by the popular but scientifically deprecated synonym Brontosaurus, is a genus of sauropod dinosaur that lived from about 154 to 150 million years ago, during the Jurassic Period . It was one of the largest land animals that ever existed, with an average length of and a...
, a deprecated genus
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of dinosaur, now properly called Apatosaurus
Apatosaurus
Apatosaurus , also known by the popular but scientifically deprecated synonym Brontosaurus, is a genus of sauropod dinosaur that lived from about 154 to 150 million years ago, during the Jurassic Period . It was one of the largest land animals that ever existed, with an average length of and a...
.