Montague (minor planet designation: 535 Montague) is a minor planet orbiting the Sun that was discovered by Raymond Smith Dugan on 7 May 1904 in Heidelberg, Germany. It was named after the town Montague in Massachusetts.
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Raymond Smith Dugan |
| Discovery site | Heidelberg |
| Discovery date | 7 May 1904 |
| Designations | |
| (535) Montague | |
| Pronunciation | /ˈmɒntəɡjuː/ MON-tə-ghew[1] |
| 1904 OC | |
| Orbital characteristics[2] | |
| Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 111.95 yr (40889 d) |
| Aphelion | 2.6316 AU (393.68 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 2.5073 AU (375.09 Gm) |
| 2.5694 AU (384.38 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.024181 |
| 4.12 yr (1504.4 d) | |
| 165.239° | |
| 0° 14m 21.48s / day | |
| Inclination | 6.7774° |
| 84.813° | |
| 64.514° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
Mean radius | 37.245±2.3 km |
| 10.248 h[3] 10.2482 h (0.42701 d)[2] | |
| 0.0514±0.007 | |
| 9.4 | |
Photometric observations of this asteroid give a light curve with a period of 10.248 hours.[3]
References edit
- ^ Noah Webster (1884) A Practical Dictionary of the English Language
- ^ a b Yeomans, Donald K., "535 Montague", JPL Small-Body Database Browser, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, retrieved 5 May 2016.
- ^ a b Buchheim, Robert K. (July 2011), "Phase Curves of 158 Koronis and 535 Montague", The Minor Planet Bulletin, vol. 38, no. 3, pp. 285–307 128–130, Bibcode:2011MPBu...38..128B.
External links edit
- Lightcurve plot of 535 Montague, Palmer Divide Observatory, B. D. Warner (2006)
- Lightcurve plot of (535) Montague, Antelope Hills Observatory
- Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB), query form (info Archived 16 December 2017 at the Wayback Machine)
- Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, Google books
- Asteroids and comets rotation curves, CdR – Observatoire de Genève, Raoul Behrend
- Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets (1)-(5000) – Minor Planet Center
- 535 Montague at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
- 535 Montague at the JPL Small-Body Database
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