500 Selinur

500 Selinur

Discovery
Discovered by	Max Wolf
Discovery site	Heidelberg
Discovery date	16 January 1903
Designations
Alternative names	1903 LA
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc	112.90 yr (41238 d)
Aphelion	2.9936 AU (447.84 Gm)
Perihelion	2.2313 AU (333.80 Gm)
Semi-major axis	2.6124 AU (390.81 Gm)
Eccentricity	0.14588
Orbital period	4.22 yr (1542.3 d)
Mean anomaly	43.1528°
Mean motion	0° 14^m 0.312^s / day
Inclination	9.7716°
Longitude of ascending node	289.934°
Argument of perihelion	74.510°
Earth MOID	1.25104 AU (187.153 Gm)
Jupiter MOID	2.51381 AU (376.061 Gm)
Jupiter Tisserand parameter	3.373
Physical characteristics
Mean radius	21.60±0.55 km
Rotation period	8.0111 h (0.33380 d)
Geometric albedo	0.1804±0.009
Absolute magnitude (H)	9.2

500 Selinur is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. Like 501 Urhixidur and 502 Sigune, it is named after a character in Friedrich Theodor Vischer's then-bestseller satirical novel Auch Einer.^[2]

References

1. "500 Selinur (1903 LA)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
2. Schmadel, Lutz D. (2013). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 84. ISBN 9783662028049.

External links

• 500 Selinur at the JPL Small-Body Database
  
  • Discovery · Orbit diagram · Orbital elements · Physical parameters