Back 506 Marion Arabic 506 Marion (كويكب) ARZ 506 Marion Azerbaijani (506) Марион CE (506) Marion German 506 Μάριον Greek 506 Marion Esperanto (506) Marion Spanish 506 Marion Basque ماریون ۵۰۶ Persian
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Raymond Smith Dugan |
| Discovery site | Heidelberg |
| Discovery date | 17 February 1903 |
| Designations | |
| (506) Marion | |
| Pronunciation | /ˈmɛəriɒn, -ən/[1] |
| 1903 LN | |
| Orbital characteristics[2] | |
| Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 104.59 yr (38200 d) |
| Aphelion | 3.4888 AU (521.92 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 2.5889 AU (387.29 Gm) |
| 3.0389 AU (454.61 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.14806 |
| 5.30 yr (1934.9 d) | |
| 178.097° | |
| 0° 11m 9.78s / day | |
| Inclination | 17.008° |
| 312.950° | |
| 146.177° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 52.97±1.3 km | |
| 13.546 h (0.5644 d) | |
| 0.0454±0.002 | |
| 8.85 | |
506 Marion is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. It was discovered by Raymond Smith Dugan in February 1903, and was later named after a cousin of his. It is designated as a C-type asteroid with a size of approximately 104 kilometres (64.6 mi).[3]
- ^ Noah Webster (1884) A Practical Dictionary of the English Language
- ^ "506 Marion (1903 LN)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
- ^ URL=http://btboar.tripod.com/lightcurves/id20.html