Minorplanet: | yes |
Background: |
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476 Hedwig | |
Discoverer: | Luigi Carnera |
Discovery Site: | Heidelberg |
Discovered: | 17 August 1901 |
Mpc Name: | (476) Hedwig |
Alt Names: | 1901 GQ |
Pronounced: | pronounced as /de/[1] |
Mp Category: | Main belt |
Orbit Ref: | [2] |
Epoch: | 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) |
Aphelion: | 2.8435862287525abbr=onNaNabbr=on |
Perihelion: | 2.45881827734814AU |
Semimajor: | 2.65120225305AU |
Eccentricity: | 0.07256480545036940 |
Period: | 4.32 yr (1576.7 d) |
Inclination: | 10.92403953516030° |
Asc Node: | 286.3817373411550° |
Mean Anomaly: | 277.3588495717540° |
Arg Peri: | 0.2030128925787450° |
Spectral Type: | P (Tholen), X (SMASSII) |
Abs Magnitude: | 8.55 |
Mean Motion: | / day |
Observation Arc: | 114.66 yr (41880 d) |
Uncertainty: | 0 |
Rotation: | 27.33abbr=onNaNabbr=on |
476 Hedwig (1901 GQ) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 17, 1901, by Luigi Carnera at Heidelberg. Named in honour of the wife of Swedish-Danish astronomer Elis Strömgren.[3]