Astronomy:500 Selinur
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Short description: Main-belt asteroid
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Max Wolf |
| Discovery site | Heidelberg |
| Discovery date | 16 January 1903 |
| Designations | |
| (500) Selinur | |
| Pronunciation | German: [ˈzeːliːnʊɐ̯] |
| 1903 LA | |
| Orbital characteristics[1] | |
| Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 112.90 yr (41238 d) |
| |{{{apsis}}}|helion}} | 2.9936 astronomical unit|AU (447.84 Gm) |
| |{{{apsis}}}|helion}} | 2.2313 AU (333.80 Gm) |
| 2.6124 AU (390.81 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.14588 |
| Orbital period | 4.22 yr (1542.3 d) |
| Mean anomaly | 43.1528° |
| Mean motion | 0° 14m 0.312s / day |
| Inclination | 9.7716° |
| Longitude of ascending node | 289.934° |
| 74.510° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Mean radius | 21.60±0.55 km |
| Rotation period | 8.0111 h (0.33380 d) |
| Geometric albedo | 0.1804±0.009 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 9.2 |
Selinur (minor planet designation: 500 Selinur) is a minor planet, specifically an asteroid orbiting in the asteroid belt. Like 501 Urhixidur and 502 Sigune, it is named after a character in Friedrich Theodor Vischer's then-bestseller satirical novel Auch Einer.[2]
References
- ↑ "500 Selinur (1903 LA)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=500;cad=1.
- ↑ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2013). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 84. ISBN 978-3-662-02804-9. https://books.google.com/books?id=2lzoCAAAQBAJ&pg=PA84.
External links
- Lightcurve plot of 500 Selinur, Palmer Divide Observatory, B. D. Warner (2009)
- Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB), query form (info )
- 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
- 500 Selinur at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
- 500 Selinur at the JPL Small-Body Database
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