991 McDonalda
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | O. Struve |
| Discovery site | Williams Bay |
| Discovery date | 24 October 1922 |
| Designations | |
| 1922 NB, 1949 PF, 1950 WG, 1953 GT1, 1975 EE6 | |
| Orbital characteristics[1] | |
| Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 80.10 yr (29255 days) |
| Aphelion | 3.6381 AU (544.25 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 2.6458 AU (395.81 Gm) |
| 3.1419 AU (470.02 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.15791 |
| 5.57 yr (2034.2 d) | |
| 351.48° | |
| 0° 10m 37.092s / day | |
| Inclination | 2.0696° |
| 63.255° | |
| 254.682° | |
| Earth MOID | 1.63297 AU (244.289 Gm) |
| Jupiter MOID | 1.65546 AU (247.653 Gm) |
| Jupiter Tisserand parameter | 3.190 |
| Proper orbital elements | |
Proper mean motion | 0.1768 deg / yr |
Proper orbital period |
2036.1991 yr (743721.719 d) |
| Physical characteristics | |
Mean radius | 15.705±1.05 km |
| 0.0638±0.009 | |
| Temperature | 144-167 K |
| C | |
| 11.12 | |
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991 McDonalda is a Themistian asteroid. It was discovered by Otto Struve in 1922 at the Yerkes Observatory in Williams Bay, Wisconsin, USA. It is named after the McDonald Observatory, which Struve helped found in 1939.[2]
References
- ↑ "991 McDonalda (1922 NB)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
- ↑ Lutz D. Schmadel, Dictionary of Minor Planet Names: Addendum to Fifth Edition: 2006 - 2008.
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