(564) Dudu

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Asteroid
(564) Dudu
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Orbit type Middle main belt
Major semi-axis 2.752  AU
eccentricity 0.272
Perihelion - aphelion 2.003 AU - 3.501 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 18 °
Length of the ascending node 70.8 °
Argument of the periapsis 215.1 °
Time of passage of the perihelion September 3, 2010
Sidereal period 4 a 207 d
Mean orbital velocity 17.6 km / s
Physical Properties
Medium diameter 49.56 km
Albedo 0.0484
Rotation period 8 h 53 min
Absolute brightness 10.43 mag
history
Explorer Paul Goetz
Date of discovery May 9, 1905
Another name 1905 sqm
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(564) Dudu is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 9 May 1905 by German astronomer Paul Götz in Heidelberg was discovered.

The asteroid was named after a character from Also sprach Zarathustra by Friedrich Nietzsche .

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