507 Laodica
Discovery | |
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Discovered by | Raymond Smith Dugan |
Discovery site | Heidelberg |
Discovery date | 19 February 1903 |
Designations | |
MPC designation | (507) Laodica |
Pronunciation | /leɪˈɒdɪkə/[1] |
1903 LO | |
Minor planet category | Main belt |
Orbital characteristics[2] | |
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
Observation arc | 109.58 yr (40025 d) |
Aphelion | 3.4678 AU (518.78 Gm) |
Perihelion | 2.8401 AU (424.87 Gm) |
3.1540 AU (471.83 Gm) | |
Eccentricity | 0.099503 |
5.60 yr (2045.9 d) | |
189.236° | |
0° 10m 33.456s / day | |
Inclination | 9.4964° |
293.461° | |
100.68° | |
Physical characteristics | |
Mean radius | 21.89±2 km |
Synodic rotation period | 6.737 h (0.2807 d) |
0.2112±0.045 | |
Absolute magnitude (H) | 9.2 |
Laodica (minor planet designation: 507 Laodica) is a minor planet orbiting the Sun.
References[]
- ^ 'Laodice' in Noah Webster (1884) A Practical Dictionary of the English Language
- ^ "507 Laodica (1903 LO)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
External links[]
- Lightcurve plot of 507 Laodica, Palmer Divide Observatory, B. D. Warner (2001)
- Lightcurves 507 Laodica, tripod.com
- Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB), query form (info Archived 16 December 2017 at the Wayback Machine)
- 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
- 507 Laodica at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
- 507 Laodica at the JPL Small-Body Database
Categories:
- Minor planet object articles (numbered)
- Laodica asteroids
- Background asteroids
- Discoveries by Raymond Dugan
- Minor planets named from Greek mythology
- Named minor planets
- X-type asteroids (SMASS)
- Astronomical objects discovered in 1903
- Main-belt-asteroid stubs