2531 Cambridge
| Discovery [1] | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | E. Bowell (LONEOS) |
| Discovery site | Anderson Mesa Station, Flagstaff |
| Discovery date | 11 June 1980 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 2531 Cambridge |
Named after | Cambridge (UK) and Cambridge, MA USA[2] |
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1980 LD · 1931 AP 1942 EQ · 1952 BG 1963 FK · 1963 HD 1971 VY · 1974 KH A916 FE | |
| main-belt | |
| Orbital characteristics [1] | |
| Epoch 27 June 2015 (JD 2457200.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 84.42 yr (30,835 days) |
| Aphelion | 3.1804 AU |
| Perihelion | 2.8363 AU |
| 3.0083 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.0571 |
| 5.22 yr (1905.8 days) | |
| 47.869° | |
| Inclination | 11.033° |
| 104.36° | |
| 32.578° | |
| Earth MOID | 1.8581 AU |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 19 km |
| 12.20 h | |
| 0.2104 | |
| 10.9 | |
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2531 Cambridge, provisional designation 1980 LD, is a main-belt asteroid discovered by American astronomer Edward Bowell at Lowell's Anderson Mesa Station in Flagstaff, Arizona. The asteroid measures about 19 kilometer in diameter and has a high albedo of 0.21. It has its perihelion at 2.84 AU, an eccentricity of 0.06 and an orbital period of 1,906 days (5.22 years).[1]
It is named after the University of Cambridge in England and the universities in the city of Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States), where the Minor Planet Center is located at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory.[2]
References
- 1 2 3 "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 2531 Cambridge (1980 LD)" (2015-06-14 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved October 2015.
- 1 2 Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (2531) Cambridge. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 206. ISBN 978-3-540-29925-7. Retrieved October 2015.
External links
- Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, Google books
- 2531 Cambridge at the JPL Small-Body Database
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