(2569) Madeline
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Asteroid (2569) Madeline |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Middle main belt |
| Major semi-axis | 2.6259 ± 0.0001 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1623 ± 0.00004 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.1996 ± 0.0011 AU - 3.0522 ± 0.0002 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 11.4953 ± 0.0473 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 76.2399 ± 0.2416 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 314.3178 ± 0.2864 ° |
| Time of passage of the perihelion | 18th September 2019 |
| Sidereal period | 4.26 a ± 0.1297 d |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 26.004 ± 0.179 km |
| Albedo | 0.072 ± 0.006 |
| Absolute brightness | 11.0 mag |
| Spectral class | SMASSII: D |
| history | |
| Explorer |
 Edward LG Bowell
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| Date of discovery | June 18, 1980 |
| Another name | 1980 MA ; 1951 WF 2 ; 1953 EM; 1963 NB |
| Source: Unless otherwise stated, the data comes from JPL Small-Body Database Browser . The affiliation to an asteroid family is automatically determined from the AstDyS-2 database . Please also note the note on asteroid items. | |
(2569) Madeline ( 1980 MA ; 1951 WF 2 ; 1953 EM ; 1963 NB ) is an approximately 16 miles large asteroid of the main central belt that was discovered on June 18, 1980 by the American astronomer Edward LG Bowell at the Lowell Observatory , Anderson Mesa Station ( Anderson Mesa ) near Flagstaff , Arizona ( IAU code 688) was discovered.
designation
(2569) Madeline was named after the heroine in the poem The Eve of St. Agnes by the United Kingdom author, John Keats . Legend has it that virtuous young girls who perform the proper ceremonies on the evening before Saint Agnes' Day (January 21) should dream of their future husbands that night. The name was proposed by the American astronomer Frederick Pilcher .
See also
Web links
- (2569) Madeline in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
- (2569) Madeline in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory .
Individual evidence
- ^ Lutz D. Schmadel : Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . Fifth Revised and Enlarged Edition. Ed .: Lutz D. Schmadel. 5th edition. Springer Verlag , Berlin , Heidelberg 2003, ISBN 978-3-540-29925-7 , pp. 186 (English, 992 pp., Link.springer.com [ONLINE; accessed on 23 August 2019] Original title: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . First edition: Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg 1992): “1980 MA. Discovered 1980 June 18 by E. Bowell at Anderson Mesa. "
| predecessor | asteroid | successor |
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| (2568) Maksutov | numbering | (2570) Porphyro |