517 Edith

517 Edith
Discovery [1]
Discovered byR. S. Dugan
Discovery siteHeidelberg Obs.
Discovery date22 September 1903
Designations
(517) Edith
Named after
Edith Eveleth
(discoverer's sister)[2]
1903 MH · 1953 VS
A905 BB · A909 XA
main-belt · (outer) [3]
Orbital characteristics [1]
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc113.69 yr (41,525 days)
Aphelion3.7279 AU
Perihelion2.5889 AU
3.1584 AU
Eccentricity0.1803
5.61 yr (2,050 days)
114.65°
0° 10m 32.16s / day
Inclination3.1934°
274.40°
140.13°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions79.72±26.64 km[4]
80.11±20.71 km[5]
83.24 km (derived)[3]
83.35±1.27 km[6]
91.12±2.1 km[7]
111.890±0.587 km[8]
111.89±0.59 km[8]
4.328±0.001 h[9]
9.25±0.04 h[10]
9.274±0.001 h[11][a]
9.2747±0.0003 h[10]
9.41±0.07 h[10]
0.026±0.005[8]
0.0387±0.002[7]
0.0397 (derived)[3]
0.04±0.07[5]
0.047±0.002[6]
0.05±0.03[4]
Tholen = X [1] · C [12] · P [3]
B–V = 0.711 [1]
U–B = 0.327 [1]
9.35[4][6][7][8] · 9.41±0.32[13] · 9.52[3][5] · 9.52±0.01[9][14]

517 Edith, provisional designation 1903 MH, is a carbonaceous background asteroid from the outer regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 83 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 22 September 1903, by American astronomer Raymond Dugan at the Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory in southwest Germany, who named it after his sister Edith Eveleth.[15]

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