991 McDonalda explained

Minorplanet:yes
Background:
  1. D6D6D6
991 McDonalda
Mpc Name:(991) McDonalda
Alt Names:1922 NB, 1949 PF, 1950 WG, 1953 GT1, 1975 EE6
Discoverer:O. Struve
Discovery Site:Williams Bay
Discovered:24 October 1922
Orbit Ref:[1]
Observation Arc:80.10 yr (29255 days)
Uncertainty:0
Epoch:31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Eccentricity:0.15791
Semimajor:3.1419AU
Perihelion:2.6458AU
Aphelion:3.6381abbr=onNaNabbr=on
Period:5.57 yr (2034.2 d)
Inclination:2.0696°
Asc Node:63.255°
Arg Peri:254.682°
Mean Anomaly:351.48°
Abs Magnitude:11.12
Spectral Type:C
Mean Motion: / day
Mean Radius: km

991 McDonalda is a Themistian asteroid. It was discovered by Otto Struve in 1922 at the Yerkes Observatory in Williams Bay, Wisconsin, United States. It is named after the McDonald Observatory, which Struve helped found in 1939.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 991 McDonalda (1922 NB) . . . 2 May 2016.
  2. Book: Lutz D. Schmadel. Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Addendum to Fifth Edition: 2006–2008. 2011. Springer. 978-3-642-01966-1.