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571 Dulcinea

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571 Dulcinea
Discovery
Discovered byPaul Götz
Discovery siteHeidelberg
Discovery date4 September 1905
Designations
(571) Dulcinea
Pronunciation/dʌlˈsɪniə, dʌlsɪˈnə/[1]
1905 QZ
Orbital characteristics[2]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc110.57 yr (40387 d)
Aphelion2.9963 AU (448.24 Gm)
Perihelion1.8224 AU (272.63 Gm)
2.4093 AU (360.43 Gm)
Eccentricity0.24361
3.74 yr (1366.0 d)
205.094°
0° 15m 48.78s / day
Inclination5.2282°
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

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  1. ^ "Dulcinea". Oxford English Dictionary (Online ed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription or participating institution membership required.)
  2. ^ "571 Dulcinea (1905 QZ)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Archived from the original on 17 September 2020. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
  3. ^ 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.
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