(9793) Torvalds

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( 9793 ) Torvalds is an asteroid of the main belt, which was discovered on 16 January 1996 as part of the Spacewatch program. The asteroid is named after the Finnish software engineer Linus Benedict Torvalds, of which the Linux kernel was created.

With ( 9885 ) Linux, ( 9965 ) and GNU ( 9882 ) Stallman got more asteroid names of prominent software developers or FLOSS projects.

Orbital inclination Orbital speed Albedo Intrinsic brightness Minor planet designation (9885) Linux (9965) GNU (9882) Stallman List of minor planets
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