(525) Adelaide
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Asteroid (525) Adelaide |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main girdle asteroid , Flora family |
| Major semi-axis | 2.245 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.102 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.015 AU - 2.475 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 6 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 203.5 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 264.5 ° |
| Time of passage of the perihelion | April 22, 2010 |
| Sidereal period | 3 a 133 d |
| Mean orbital velocity | 19.8 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 12.53 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | JH Metcalf |
| Date of discovery | October 21, 1908 |
| Another name | 1908 EK, 1930 FX, 1937 JG, 1955 SE 1 , 1955 UF |
| 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. | |
(525) Adelaide is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 21 October 1908 by Joel H. Metcalf was discovered.
The asteroid was named after Queen Adelaide , the royal consort of the British King Wilhelm IV .
This name was originally used for the asteroid A904 EB, discovered by Max Wolf on March 14, 1904 . Since this asteroid could no longer be found, the name was reassigned. It was not until 1958 that it was found that the asteroid described by Max Wolf in 1904 was rediscovered on October 3, 1930. He received the name (1171) Rusthawelia .