508 Princetonia

Main-belt asteroid, discovered 1903

508 Princetonia is a large asteroid, a type of minor planet, orbiting in the asteroid belt. It was discovered by Raymond Smith Dugan at Heidelberg, Germany in 1903 and named "Princetonia" for Princeton University in New Jersey in the United States.[4]

Dugan found it during his time at Königstuhl Observatory with Max Wolf in Heidelberg, Germany.[2] At the time he was working on his PhD from Heidelberg University. The asteroid is located in the outer areas of the main asteroid belt and is about 140 km (87 mi) in diameter according to data from IRAS, an infrared space observatory in the 1980s.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Princetonian". Oxford English Dictionary (Online ed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription or participating institution membership required.)
  2. ^ a b c "508 Princetonia (1903 LQ)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
  3. ^ a b c Carry, B. (December 2012), "Density of asteroids", Planetary and Space Science, 73 (1): 98–118, arXiv:1203.4336, Bibcode:2012P&SS...73...98C, doi:10.1016/j.pss.2012.03.009, S2CID 119226456. See Table 1.
  4. ^ "MPC.: Minor Planet Circulars - Issues 27147-27580". 1996: 325. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  5. ^ Asteroid Data Archive, Archive Planetary Science Institute

Further reading

  • Popular Astronomy. Vol. 12. Goodsell Observatory of Carleton College. 1904. p. 58.
  • 508 Princetonia at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
    • Ephemeris · Observation prediction · Orbital info · Proper elements · Observational info
  • 508 Princetonia at the JPL Small-Body Database Edit this at Wikidata
    • Close approach · Discovery · Ephemeris · Orbit diagram · Orbital elements · Physical parameters
Authority control databases Edit this at Wikidata
  • JPL SBDB
  • MPC


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