502 Sigune
Appearance
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Discovery | |
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Discovered by | Max Wolf |
Discovery site | Heidelberg |
Discovery date | 19 January 1903 |
Designations | |
1903 LC | |
Orbital characteristics[1] | |
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
Observation arc | 112.94 yr (41251 d) |
Aphelion | 2.8101 AU (420.38 Gm) |
Perihelion | 1.9546 AU (292.40 Gm) |
2.3824 AU (356.40 Gm) | |
Eccentricity | 0.17955 |
3.68 yr (1343.1 d) | |
271.391° | |
0° 16m 4.908s / day | |
Inclination | 25.030° |
133.001° | |
19.203° | |
Earth MOID | 0.975533 AU (145.9377 Gm) |
Jupiter MOID | 2.24872 AU (336.404 Gm) |
TJupiter | 3.390 |
Physical characteristics | |
7.99±1 km | |
10.922 h (0.4551 d) | |
0.3405±0.105 | |
10.77 | |
502 Sigune is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. Like 501 Urhixidur and 500 Selinur, it is named after a character in Friedrich Theodor Vischer's then-bestseller satirical novel Auch Einer.[2]
References
- ^ "502 Sigune (1903 LC)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
- ^ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2013). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 84. ISBN 9783662028049.
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