2531 Cambridge
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Discovery [1] | |
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Discovered by | E. Bowell (LONEOS) |
Discovery site | Anderson Mesa Station, Flagstaff |
Discovery date | 11 June 1980 |
Designations | |
MPC designation | 2531 Cambridge |
Named after
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Cambridge (UK) and Cambridge, MA USA[2] |
1980 LD · 1931 AP 1942 EQ · 1952 BG 1963 FK · 1963 HD 1971 VY · 1974 KH A916 FE |
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main-belt | |
Orbital characteristics [1] | |
Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5) | |
Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
Observation arc | 85.18 yr (31112 days) |
Aphelion | 3.1790 AU (475.57 Gm) |
Perihelion | 2.8361 AU (424.27 Gm) |
3.0076 AU (449.93 Gm) | |
Eccentricity | 0.057011 |
5.22 yr (1905.1 d) | |
85.878° | |
Inclination | 11.034° |
104.36° | |
32.373° | |
Earth MOID | 1.85729 AU (277.847 Gm) |
Jupiter MOID | 1.91027 AU (285.772 Gm) |
Physical characteristics | |
Dimensions | 19 km |
Mean radius
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9.575 ± 0.95 km |
12.20 h (0.508 d) | |
0.2104 ± 0.050 | |
10.9 | |
2531 Cambridge, provisional designation 1980 LD, is a main-belt asteroid discovered by American astronomer Edward Bowell at Lowell's Anderson Mesa Station in Flagstaff, Arizona. The asteroid measures about 19 kilometer in diameter and has a high albedo of 0.21. It has its perihelion at 2.84 AU, an eccentricity of 0.06 and an orbital period of 1,906 days (5.22 years).[1]
It is named after the University of Cambridge in England and the universities in the city of Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States), where the Minor Planet Center is located at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory.[2]
References
External links
- Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, Google books
- 2531 Cambridge at the JPL Small-Body Database
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