535 Montague

535 Montague
Discovery
Discovered by	Raymond Smith Dugan
Discovery site	Heidelberg
Discovery date	7 May 1904
Designations
MPC designation	(535) Montague
Pronunciation	/ˈmɒntəɡjuː/ MON-tə-ghew^[1]
Alternative designations	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)
Semi-major axis	2.5694 AU (384.38 Gm)
Eccentricity	0.024181
Orbital period (sidereal)	4.12 yr (1504.4 d)
Mean anomaly	165.239°
Mean motion	0° 14^m 21.48^s / day
Inclination	6.7774°
Longitude of ascending node	84.813°
Argument of perihelion	64.514°
Physical characteristics
Mean radius	37.245±2.3 km
Synodic rotation period	10.248 h^[3] 10.2482 h (0.42701 d)^[2]
Geometric albedo	0.0514±0.007
Absolute magnitude (H)	9.4

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.

Photometric observations of this asteroid give a light curve with a period of 10.248 hours.^[3]

References

^ 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

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
- Ephemeris · Observation prediction · Orbital info · Proper elements · Observational info
535 Montague at the JPL Small-Body Database
- Close approach · Discovery · Ephemeris · Orbit viewer · Orbit parameters · Physical parameters

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