523 Ada

523 Ada
Discovery
Discovered by Raymond Smith Dugan
Discovery site Heidelberg
Discovery date January 27, 1904
Designations
1904 ND
Orbital characteristics
Epoch August 18, 2005 (JDCT 2453600.5)
Aphelion 3.499 AU
Perihelion 2.433 AU
2.966 AU
Eccentricity 0.180
5.109 a
344.100°
Inclination 4.322°
261.330°
186.637°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions 32 km[1]
10.03 ± 0.01 hr[2]
Albedo 0.2512[1]
9.8[1]

    523 Ada is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. It was discovered January 29, 1904 by American astronomer Raymond S. Dugan at Heidelberg, Germany and was named after his friend Ada Helme. CCD images collected during the fall of 2004 at Oakley Observatory in Terre Haute, Indiana were used to generate a lightcurve for the object, showing a rotation period of 10.03 ± 0.01 hours.[2]

    References

    1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 523 Ada (1904 ND)". Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
    2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Lecrone, Crystal; Mills, George; Ditteon, Richard (September 2005), "Lightcurves and periods for asteroids 463 Lola, 523 Ada, 544 Jetta, 642 Clara, 883 Matterania, 6475 Refugium", Bulletin of the Minor Planets Section of the Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers 32 (3): 62–64, Bibcode:2005MPBu...32...62L.