(560) Delilah

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Asteroid
(560) Delilah
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Orbit type Middle main belt
Major semi-axis 2.751  AU
eccentricity 0.161
Perihelion - aphelion 2.308 AU - 3.194 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 8.5 °
Length of the ascending node 105.4 °
Argument of the periapsis 4.4 °
Time of passage of the perihelion August 25, 2009
Sidereal period 4 a 206 d
Mean orbital velocity 17.8 km / s
Physical Properties
Medium diameter 37.24 km
Albedo 0.0733
Absolute brightness 10.6 mag
history
Explorer Max Wolf
Date of discovery March 13, 1905
Another name 1905 QF, 1957 OS
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(560) Delilah is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 13 March 1905 by the German astronomer Max Wolf in Heidelberg was discovered.

The asteroid is named after the biblical figure Delilah .

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