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
1930 UD
outer main-belt asteroid [2]
Orbital characteristics[3]
Epoch November 30, 2008
Aphelion 3.4202 AU
Perihelion 3.013 AU
3.2166 AU
Eccentricity 0.063309
2107.14 days (5.77 years)
230.25°
Inclination 16.27°
237.354°
107.107°
Physical characteristics
11.99 ± 0.03 hours [4]
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. 1.0 1.1 "Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets (1)-(5000)". IAU: Minor Planet Center. Archived from the original on 2 February 2009. Retrieved December 22, 2008.
    2. "1175 Margo (1930 UD)". JPL Small-Body Database. Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved December 26, 2008.
    3. "(1175) Margo". AstDyS. Italy: University of Pisa. 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. Archived from the original on 1 December 2008. Retrieved December 26, 2008.
    6. Schmadel, Lutz (2003). Dictionary of minor planet names (fifth ed.). Germany: Springer. p. 99. ISBN 3-540-00238-3. Retrieved 2008-12-26.