3552 Don Quixote

3552 Don Quixote
Discovery A (http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/lists/NumberedMPs.html)
Discoverer Paul Wild
Discovery date September 26, 1983
Alternate
designations
1983 SA B (http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/MPDes.html)
Category near-Earth asteroid;
Mars-crosser asteroid;
Amor IV asteroid;
Jupiter-crosser asteroid
Orbital elements C (http://asteroid.lowell.edu/)
Epoch October 22, 2004 (JD 2453300.5)
Eccentricity (e) 0.713
Semi-major axis (a) 633.041 Gm (4.232 AU)
Perihelion (q) 181.885 Gm (1.216 AU)
Aphelion (Q) 1084.198 Gm (7.247 AU)
Orbital period (P) 3179.496 d (8.70 a)
Mean orbital speed 12.41 km/s
Inclination (i) 30.841°
Longitude of the
ascending node
(Ω)
350.402°
Argument of
perihelion
(ω)
316.918°
Mean anomaly (M) 157.954°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions 18.7 km (1 (http://earn.dlr.de/nea/03552.htm))
Mass 6.8×1015 kg
Density 2? g/cm³
Surface gravity 0.0052 m/s²
Escape velocity 0.0099 km/s
Rotation period 0.3208 d (2 (http://www.astrosurf.com/aude-old/map_files/AstVarMAP01-2003.htm))
Spectral class D (1 (http://earn.dlr.de/nea/03552.htm))
Absolute magnitude 13.0
Albedo 0.02 (1 (http://earn.dlr.de/nea/03552.htm))
Mean surface
temperature
~138 K

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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