564 Dudu

564 Dudu

Discovery
Discovered by	Paul Götz
Discovery site	Heidelberg
Discovery date	9 May 1905
Designations
Alternative names	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)
Semi-major axis	2.7464 AU (410.86 Gm)
Eccentricity	0.27697
Orbital period	4.55 yr (1662.4 d)
Mean anomaly	106.652°
Mean motion	0° 12^m 59.58^s / day
Inclination	17.990°
Longitude of ascending node	70.761°
Argument of perihelion	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
Rotation period	8.882 h (0.3701 d)
Geometric albedo	0.0484±0.011
Absolute magnitude (H)	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): 1056–1085, Bibcode:2002AJ....123.1056T, doi:10.1086/338320

External links

• Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets
• 564 Dudu at the JPL Small-Body Database

• Discovery · Orbit diagram · Orbital elements · Physical parameters