9991 Anežka, provisional designation , is a carbonaceous Themistian asteroid from the outer region of the asteroid belt, approximately 10 kilometers in diameter. The asteroid was discovered on 5 October 1997, by Czech astronomer Zdeněk Moravec at the South Bohemian Kleť Observatory in the Czech Republic. It was named after the discoverer's grandmother, Anežka Moravcová. Orbit and classification Anežka is a carbonaceous asteroid and member of the Themis family, a dynamical family of outer main-belt asteroids with nearly coplanar ecliptical orbits. It orbits the Sun at a distance of 2.7–3.7 AU once every 5 years and 9 months (2,094 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.16 and an inclination of 2° with respect to the ecliptic. It was first identified as at the Japanese Kiso Observatory in 1977, extending the body's observation arc by 20 years prior to its discovery. Physical characteristics Rotation period A rotational lightcurve for this asteroid was obtained from photometric observations at the Palomar Transient Factory in December 2012. It gave it a rotation period of hours with a brightness variation of 0.24 in magnitude (). Diameter and albedo According to the survey carried out by the NEOWISE mission of NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, the asteroid measures 12.3 kilometers in diameter and its surface has an albedo of 0.097, while the Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link assumes an albedo of 0.08 and calculates a diameter of 7.9 kilometers. Naming This minor planet was named after the discoverer's grandmother, Anežka Moravcová (b 1924), on her 75th birthday. The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 4 May 1999 (). References External links Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB), query form (info) Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, Google books Asteroids and comets rotation curves, CdR – Observatoire de Genève, Raoul Behrend Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets (5001)-(10000) – Minor Planet Center 009991 Discoveries by Zdeněk Moravec Named minor planets 19971005