571 Dulcinea
Appearance
Discovery | |
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Discovered by | Paul Götz |
Discovery site | Heidelberg |
Discovery date | 4 September 1905 |
Designations | |
(571) Dulcinea | |
Pronunciation | /dʌlˈsɪniə, dʌlsɪˈniːə/[1] |
1905 QZ | |
Orbital characteristics[2] | |
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
Observation arc | 110.57 yr (40387 d) |
Aphelion | 2.9963 AU (448.24 Gm) |
Perihelion | 1.8224 AU (272.63 Gm) |
2.4093 AU (360.43 Gm) | |
Eccentricity | 0.24361 |
3.74 yr (1366.0 d) | |
205.094° | |
0° 15m 48.78s / day | |
Inclination | 5.2282° |
3.1916° | |
27.650° | |
Physical characteristics | |
126.3 h (5.26 d) | |
11.59 | |
571 Dulcinea is an asteroid orbiting in the inner main belt.[3] It was named after Dulcinea, a character from Miguel de Cervantes' novel Don Quixote. This is classified as a stony S-type asteroid and it is the second largest member of the Erigone collisional family.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Dulcinea". Oxford English Dictionary (Online ed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription or participating institution membership required.)
- ^ "571 Dulcinea (1905 QZ)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Archived from the original on 17 September 2020. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
- ^ a b Morate, David; et al. (February 2016), "Compositional study of asteroids in the Erigone collisional family using visible spectroscopy at the 10.4 m GTC", Astronomy and Astrophysics, 586: 18, arXiv:1701.03761, Bibcode:2016A&A...586A.129M, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201527453, A129.
External links
[edit]- 571 Dulcinea at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
- 571 Dulcinea at the JPL Small-Body Database