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535 Montague

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535 Montague
Discovery
Discovered byRaymond Smith Dugan
Discovery siteHeidelberg
Discovery date7 May 1904
Designations
(535) Montague
Pronunciation/ˈmɒntəɡjuː/ MON-tə-ghew[1]
1904 OC
Orbital characteristics[2]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc111.95 yr (40889 d)
Aphelion2.6316 AU (393.68 Gm)
Perihelion2.5073 AU (375.09 Gm)
2.5694 AU (384.38 Gm)
Eccentricity0.024181
4.12 yr (1504.4 d)
165.239°
0° 14m 21.48s / day
Inclination6.7774°
84.813°
64.514°
Physical characteristics
37.245±2.3 km
10.248 h[3]
10.2482 h (0.42701 d)[2]
0.0514±0.007
9.4

535 Montague is a minor planet orbiting the Sun that was discovered by Raymond Smith Dugan on 7 May 1904 in Heidelberg, Germany. It was named after the town Montague in Massachusetts.

Photometric observations of this asteroid give a light curve with a period of 10.248 hours.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Noah Webster (1884) A Practical Dictionary of the English Language
  2. ^ a b Yeomans, Donald K., "535 Montague", JPL Small-Body Database Browser, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, retrieved 5 May 2016.
  3. ^ a b Buchheim, Robert K. (July 2011), "Phase Curves of 158 Koronis and 535 Montague", The Minor Planet Bulletin, vol. 38, no. 3, pp. 285–307 128–130, Bibcode:2011MPBu...38..128B.
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