571 Dulcinea
Appearance
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Discovery | |
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Discovered by | Paul Götz |
Discovery site | Heidelberg |
Discovery date | 4 September 1905 |
Designations | |
(571) Dulcinea | |
1905 QZ | |
Orbital characteristics[1] | |
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 R-type asteroid. It was named after Dulcinea, a character from Miguel de Cervantes' novel Don Quixote.
References
- ^ "571 Dulcinea (1905 QZ)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
External links
- 571 Dulcinea at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
- 571 Dulcinea at the JPL Small-Body Database
Categories:
- Minor planet object articles (numbered)
- Background asteroids
- Numbered minor planets
- Discoveries by Paul Götz
- Minor planets named for literary characters
- Named minor planets
- Don Quixote
- Slow rotating minor planets
- S-type asteroids (Tholen)
- S-type asteroids (SMASS)
- Astronomical objects discovered in 1905
- Main-belt-asteroid stubs