508 Princetonia
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Raymond Smith Dugan |
| Discovery site | Heidelberg |
| Discovery date | 20 April 1903 |
| Designations | |
| 1903 LQ | |
| Orbital characteristics[1] | |
| Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 107.99 yr (39445 d) |
| Aphelion | 3.1869 AU (476.75 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 3.1353 AU (469.03 Gm) |
| 3.1611 AU (472.89 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.0081585 |
| 5.62 yr (2052.8 d) | |
| 25.2307° | |
| 0° 10m 31.332s / day | |
| Inclination | 13.337° |
| 44.223° | |
| 195.015° | |
| Earth MOID | 2.12543 AU (317.960 Gm) |
| Jupiter MOID | 1.78654 AU (267.263 Gm) |
| Jupiter Tisserand parameter | 3.163 |
| Physical characteristics | |
Mean radius |
71.175±1.3 km[1] 69.845 ± 1.7 km[2] |
| Mass | (2.99 ± 0.65) × 1018 kg[2] |
Mean density | 2.09 ± 0.47 g/cm3[2] |
| 52.8 h (2.20 d) | |
| 0.0441±0.002 | |
| 8.4 | |
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508 Princetonia is an asteroid, a minor planet orbiting the Sun. It was discovered by Raymond Smith Dugan at Heidelberg, Germany in 1903 and named "Princetonia" for Princeton University in New Jersey in the United States.
Dugan found it during his time at Königstuhl Observatory with Max Wolf in Heidelberg, Germany.[1] At the time he was working on his Ph.D. from Heidelberg University. The asteroid is located in the outer areas of the main asteroid belt and is about 88 miles in diameter (140 km) according to data from IRAS, an infrared space observatory in the 1980s.[3]
See also
References
- 1 2 3 "508 Princetonia (1903 LQ)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
- 1 2 3 Carry, B. (December 2012), "Density of asteroids", Planetary and Space Science, 73, pp. 98–118, arXiv:1203.4336
, Bibcode:2012P&SS...73...98C, doi:10.1016/j.pss.2012.03.009. See Table 1. - ↑ Asteroid Data Archive, Archive Planetary Science Institute
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