535 Montague
Discovery | |
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Discovered by | Raymond Smith Dugan |
Discovery site | Heidelberg |
Discovery date | 7 May 1904 |
Designations | |
MPC designation | (535) Montague |
Pronunciation | /ˈmɒntəɡjuː/[1] |
1904 OC | |
Orbital characteristics[2] | |
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
Observation arc | 111.95 yr (40889 d) |
Aphelion | 2.6316 AU (393.68 Gm) |
Perihelion | 2.5073 AU (375.09 Gm) |
2.5694 AU (384.38 Gm) | |
Eccentricity | 0.024181 |
4.12 yr (1504.4 d) | |
165.239° | |
0° 14m 21.48s / day | |
Inclination | 6.7774° |
84.813° | |
64.514° | |
Physical characteristics | |
Mean radius | 37.245±2.3 km |
Synodic rotation period | 10.248 h[3] 10.2482 h (0.42701 d)[2] |
0.0514±0.007 | |
Absolute magnitude (H) | 9.4 |
Montague (minor planet designation: 535 Montague) is a minor planet orbiting the Sun that was discovered by Raymond Smith Dugan on 7 May 1904 in Heidelberg, Germany. It was named after the town Montague in Massachusetts.
Photometric observations of this asteroid give a light curve with a period of 10.248 hours.[3]
References[]
- ^ Noah Webster (1884) A Practical Dictionary of the English Language
- ^ a b Yeomans, Donald K., "535 Montague", JPL Small-Body Database Browser, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, retrieved 5 May 2016.
- ^ a b Buchheim, Robert K. (July 2011), "Phase Curves of 158 Koronis and 535 Montague", The Minor Planet Bulletin, vol. 38, no. 3, pp. 285–307 128–130, Bibcode:2011MPBu...38..128B.
External links[]
- Lightcurve plot of 535 Montague, Palmer Divide Observatory, B. D. Warner (2006)
- Lightcurve plot of (535) Montague, Antelope Hills Observatory
- 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
- 535 Montague at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
- 535 Montague at the JPL Small-Body Database
Categories:
- Minor planet object articles (numbered)
- Background asteroids
- Discoveries by Raymond Dugan
- Minor planets named for places
- Named minor planets
- C-type asteroids (Tholen)
- Astronomical objects discovered in 1904
- Main-belt-asteroid stubs