1175 Margo

1175 Margo
Discovery[1]
Discovered by Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth
Discovery site Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory
Discovery date October 17, 1930
Designations
MPC designation 1175
Alternate name(s) 1930 UD
Minor planet
category
outer main-belt asteroid [2]
Epoch November 30, 2008
Ap 3.4202 AU
Peri 3.013 AU
Semi-major axis 3.2166 AU
Eccentricity 0.063309
Orbital period 2107.14 days (5.77 years)
Mean anomaly 230.25°
Inclination 16.27°
Longitude of ascending node 237.354°
Argument of peri 107.107°
Physical characteristics
Rotation period 11.99 ± 0.03 hours [4]
Absolute magnitude (H) 10.2 [5]

1175 Margo (1930 UD) is an outer main-belt asteroid discovered on October 17, 1930 by Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth at Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory.[1] The origin of the name Margo is unknown.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b "Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets (1)-(5000)". IAU: Minor Planet Center. http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/iau/lists/NumberedMPs000001.html. Retrieved December 22, 2008. 
  2. ^ "1175 Margo (1930 UD)". JPL Small-Body Database. Jet Propulsion Laboratory. http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=1175+Margo. Retrieved December 26, 2008. 
  3. ^ "(1175) Margo". AstDyS. Italy: University of Pisa. http://hamilton.dm.unipi.it/astdys/index.php?pc=1.1.0&n=1175. Retrieved December 22, 2008. 
  4. ^ Oliver et al. (2008). "Asteroid Lightcurve Analysis at the Oakley Southern Sky Observatory: 2008 March". The Minor Planet Bulletin 35 (4): 149–150. Bibcode 2008MPBu...35..149O. 
  5. ^ Tholen (2007). "Asteroid Absolute Magnitudes". EAR-A-5-DDR-ASTERMAG-V11.0.. Planetary Data System. http://www.psi.edu/pds/resource/astermag.html. Retrieved December 26, 2008. 
  6. ^ Schmadel, Lutz (2003). Dictionary of minor planet names (fifth ed.). Germany: Springer. p. 99. ISBN 3-540-00238-3. http://books.google.com/?id=KWrB1jPCa8AC&pg=PA99. Retrieved 2008-12-26.