9860 Archaeopteryx (1991 PW9) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 6, 1991 by Eric Walter Elst at the European Southern Observatory. It is named after the earliest known bird Archaeopteryx, which dates from the Jurassic Period.
9860 Archaeopteryx (1991 PW9) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 6, 1991 by Eric Walter Elst at the European Southern Observatory. It is named after the earliest known bird Archaeopteryx, which dates from the Jurassic Period.