(510) Mabella

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Asteroid
(510) Mabella
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Orbit type Middle main belt
Major semi-axis 2.608  AU
eccentricity 0.193
Perihelion - aphelion 2.104 AU - 3.112 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 9.5 °
Length of the ascending node 202.8 °
Argument of the periapsis 90.9 °
Time of passage of the perihelion March 14, 2009
Sidereal period 4 a 78 d
Mean orbital velocity 18.3 km / s
Physical Properties
Medium diameter approx. 60 km
Albedo 0.0687
Rotation period 19 h 24 min
Absolute brightness 9.73 mag
Spectral class PD
history
Explorer R. S. Dugan
Date of discovery May 20, 1903
Another name 1903 LT, 1946 UO, A907 GO
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(510) Mabella is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 20 May 1903 by Raymond Smith Dugan was discovered.

The asteroid was named after the wife Mabel Loomis Todd of the American astronomer David Peck Todd .

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