564 Dudu

564 Dudu
Discovery
Discovered by Paul Götz
Discovery site Heidelberg
Discovery date 9 May 1905
Designations
1905 QM
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 101.79 yr (37178 d)
Aphelion 3.5071 AU (524.65 Gm)
Perihelion 1.9857 AU (297.06 Gm)
2.7464 AU (410.86 Gm)
Eccentricity 0.27697
4.55 yr (1662.4 d)
106.652°
 12m 59.58s / day
Inclination 17.990°
70.761°
215.026°
Earth MOID 0.993388 AU (148.6087 Gm)
Jupiter MOID 1.72068 AU (257.410 Gm)
Jupiter Tisserand parameter 3.223
Physical characteristics
Mean radius
24.785±2.45 km
8.882 h (0.3701 d)
0.0484±0.011
10.43

    564 Dudu is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. It was discovered May 9, 1905 by German astronomer Paul Götz at Heidelberg, and was named for a female character in the novel Thus Spoke Zarathustra by Friedrich Nietzsche.[2] Based on observations made with the IRAS, 564 Dudu has a diameter of 49.57 ± 4.9 km, a geometric albedo of 0.0484 ± 0.011, and an absolute magnitude (H-value) of 10.43.[3]

    References

    1. "564 Dudu (1905 QM)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
    2. Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer. p. 58. ISBN 3-540-00238-3.
    3. Tedesco, Edward F.; Noah, Paul V.; Noah, Meg; Price, Stephan D. (February 2002), "The Supplemental IRAS Minor Planet Survey", The Astronomical Journal, 123 (2): 10561085, Bibcode:2002AJ....123.1056T, doi:10.1086/338320

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