| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Raymond Smith Dugan |
| Discovery site | Heidelberg |
| Discovery date | 17 February 1903 |
| Designations | |
| (506) Marion | |
| Pronunciation | /ˈmɛəriɒn, -ən/ [1] |
| 1903 LN | |
| Orbital characteristics [2] | |
| Epoch 31 July 2016 ( JD 2457600.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 104.59 yr (38200 d) |
| Aphelion | 3.4888 AU (521.92 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 2.5889 AU (387.29 Gm) |
| 3.0389 AU (454.61 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.14806 |
| 5.30 yr (1934.9 d) | |
| 178.097 ° | |
| 0° 11m 9.78s / day | |
| Inclination | 17.008° |
| 312.950° | |
| 146.177° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 52.97±1.3 km | |
| 13.546 h (0.5644 d) | |
| 0.0454±0.002 | |
| 8.85 | |
Marion ( minor planet designation: 506 Marion) is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. It was discovered by Raymond Smith Dugan in February 1903, and was later named after a cousin of his. It is designated as a C-type asteroid with a size of approximately 104 kilometres (64.6 mi). [3]
- ^ Noah Webster (1884) A Practical Dictionary of the English Language
- ^ "506 Marion (1903 LN)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/ Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
- ^ URL= http://btboar.tripod.com/lightcurves/id20.html
- Lightcurve plot of 506 Marion, Palmer Divide Observatory, B. D. Warner (2009)
- Lightcurves 506 Marion, tripod.com
- Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB), query form ( info Archived 16 December 2017 at the Wayback Machine)
- Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, Google books
- Asteroids and comets rotation curves, CdR – Observatoire de Genève, Raoul Behrend
- Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets (1)-(5000) – Minor Planet Center
- 506 Marion at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
- 506 Marion at the JPL Small-Body Database
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| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Raymond Smith Dugan |
| Discovery site | Heidelberg |
| Discovery date | 17 February 1903 |
| Designations | |
| (506) Marion | |
| Pronunciation | /ˈmɛəriɒn, -ən/ [1] |
| 1903 LN | |
| Orbital characteristics [2] | |
| Epoch 31 July 2016 ( JD 2457600.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 104.59 yr (38200 d) |
| Aphelion | 3.4888 AU (521.92 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 2.5889 AU (387.29 Gm) |
| 3.0389 AU (454.61 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.14806 |
| 5.30 yr (1934.9 d) | |
| 178.097 ° | |
| 0° 11m 9.78s / day | |
| Inclination | 17.008° |
| 312.950° | |
| 146.177° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 52.97±1.3 km | |
| 13.546 h (0.5644 d) | |
| 0.0454±0.002 | |
| 8.85 | |
Marion ( minor planet designation: 506 Marion) is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. It was discovered by Raymond Smith Dugan in February 1903, and was later named after a cousin of his. It is designated as a C-type asteroid with a size of approximately 104 kilometres (64.6 mi). [3]
- ^ Noah Webster (1884) A Practical Dictionary of the English Language
- ^ "506 Marion (1903 LN)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/ Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
- ^ URL= http://btboar.tripod.com/lightcurves/id20.html
- Lightcurve plot of 506 Marion, Palmer Divide Observatory, B. D. Warner (2009)
- Lightcurves 506 Marion, tripod.com
- Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB), query form ( info Archived 16 December 2017 at the Wayback Machine)
- Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, Google books
- Asteroids and comets rotation curves, CdR – Observatoire de Genève, Raoul Behrend
- Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets (1)-(5000) – Minor Planet Center
- 506 Marion at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
- 506 Marion at the JPL Small-Body Database
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