Minorplanet: | yes |
Background: |
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500 Selinur | |
Mpc Name: | (500) Selinur |
Pronounced: | pronounced as /de/ |
Alt Names: | 1903 LA |
Discovered: | 16 January 1903 |
Epoch: | 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) |
Eccentricity: | 0.14588 |
Semimajor: | 2.6124AU |
Perihelion: | 2.2313AU |
Aphelion: | 2.9936abbr=onNaNabbr=on |
Period: | 4.22 yr (1542.3 d) |
Inclination: | 9.7716° |
Asc Node: | 289.934° |
Arg Peri: | 74.510° |
Mean Motion: | / day |
Orbit Ref: | [1] |
Observation Arc: | 112.90 yr (41238 d) |
Uncertainty: | 0 |
Abs Magnitude: | 9.2 |
Rotation: | 8.0111abbr=onNaNabbr=on |
Mean Radius: | km |
500 Selinur is a minor planet, specifically an asteroid orbiting in the asteroid belt. Like 501 Urhixidur and 502 Sigune, it is named after a character in Friedrich Theodor Vischer's then-bestseller satirical novel Auch Einer.[2]