Discovered by Auguste Charlois Minor planet category Main belt Discovered 24 September 1891 Orbits Sun Discovery site Nice Observatory | Discovery date 24 September 1891 Observation arc 124.56 yr (45496 d) Inclination 10.6573° Discoverer Auguste Charlois Asteroid group Asteroid belt | |
Aphelion 3.46477 AU (518.322 Gm) Perihelion 2.92120 AU (437.005 Gm) Similar 317 Roxane, 441 Bathilde, 360 Carlova, 272 Antonia, 302 Clarissa | ||
318 Magdalena is a main belt asteroid orbiting the Sun. It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on September 24, 1891 in Nice.
On April 15, 2005 UT Magdalena occulted a 10.7 mag star in the constellation Scutum for observers along a path across Australia.
Measurements made with the IRAS observatory give a diameter of 106.08 ± 0.25 km and a geometric albedo of 0.03 ± 0.01. By comparison, the MIPS photometer on the Spitzer Space Telescope gives a diameter of 105.32 ± 11.11 km and a geometric albedo of 0.03 ± 0.01.
Alternative Rock group The Pixies named one of their songs after the asteroid on their album Indie Cindy.
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