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3552 Don Quixote
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| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by: | Paul Wild |
| Discovery date: | September 26, 1983 |
| Alternative names: | 1983 SA |
| Minor planet category: | near-Earth asteroid; Mars-crosser asteroid; Amor IV asteroid; Jupiter-crosser asteroid |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch October 22, 2004 (JD 2453300.5) | |
| Aphelion distance: | 1084.198 Gm (7.247 AU) |
| Perihelion distance: | 181.885 Gm (1.216 AU) |
| Semi-major axis: | 633.041 Gm (4.232 AU) |
| Eccentricity: | 0.713 |
| Orbital period: | 3179.496 d (8.70 a) |
| Avg. orbital speed: | 12.41 km/s |
| Mean anomaly: | 157.954° |
| Inclination: | 30.841° |
| Longitude of ascending node: | 350.402° |
| Argument of perihelion: | 316.918° |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions: | 18.7 km (1) |
| Mass: | 6.8×1015 kg |
| Mean density: | 2? g/cm³ |
| Equatorial surface gravity: | 0.0052 m/s² |
| Escape velocity: | 0.0099 km/s |
| Rotation period: | 0.3208 d (2) |
| Albedo: | 0.02 (1) |
| Temperature: | ~138 K |
| Spectral type: | D (1) |
| Absolute magnitude: | 13.0 |
3552 Don Quixote is a small main belt, Amor, Mars crossing, potentially hazardous asteroid. It has a highly inclined orbit, and measures 18.7 km in diameter. Its rotation period is 7.7 h. It was discovered by Paul Wild in 1983, and is named after the comic knight who is the eponymous hero of Cervantes' Spanish novel Don Quixote (1605).
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