506 Marion
Appearance
Discovery | |
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Discovered by | Raymond Smith Dugan |
Discovery site | Heidelberg |
Discovery date | 17 February 1903 |
Designations | |
(506) Marion | |
Pronunciation | /ˈmɛəriɒn, -ən/[1] |
1903 LN | |
Orbital characteristics[2] | |
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
Observation arc | 104.59 yr (38200 d) |
Aphelion | 3.4888 AU (521.92 Gm) |
Perihelion | 2.5889 AU (387.29 Gm) |
3.0389 AU (454.61 Gm) | |
Eccentricity | 0.14806 |
5.30 yr (1934.9 d) | |
178.097° | |
0° 11m 9.78s / day | |
Inclination | 17.008° |
312.950° | |
146.177° | |
Physical characteristics | |
52.97±1.3 km | |
13.546 h (0.5644 d) | |
0.0454±0.002 | |
8.85 | |
506 Marion is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. It was discovered by Raymond Smith Dugan in February 1903, and was later named after a cousin of his. It is designated as a C-type asteroid with a size of approximately 104 kilometres (64.6 mi).[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Noah Webster (1884) A Practical Dictionary of the English Language
- ^ "506 Marion (1903 LN)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
- ^ URL=http://btboar.tripod.com/lightcurves/id20.html
External links
[edit]- Lightcurve plot of 506 Marion, Palmer Divide Observatory, B. D. Warner (2009)
- Lightcurves 506 Marion, tripod.com
- Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB), query form (info Archived 16 December 2017 at the Wayback Machine)
- Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, Google books
- Asteroids and comets rotation curves, CdR – Observatoire de Genève, Raoul Behrend
- Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets (1)-(5000) – Minor Planet Center
- 506 Marion at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
- 506 Marion at the JPL Small-Body Database