Minor planet category Main belt Aphelion 3.6114 AU (540.26 Gm) Inclination 20.854° | Discovery date 18 January 1903 Observation arc 113.22 yr (41352 d) Discovered 18 January 1903 Orbits Sun Asteroid group Asteroid belt | |
Alternative names 1903 LB; 1943 FC;1949 FW; 1951 RB2;1951 SE; 1955 FB Discovery site Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory Similar 509 Iolanda, 528 Rezia, 540 Rosamunde, 908 Buda, 417 Suevia | ||
501 Urhixidur is a relatively large (ranked 372nd by IRAS) main belt asteroid. It was discovered by Dr. Maximilian Franz Joseph Cornelius Wolf (1863–1932), at the Königstuhl Observatory in Heidelberg, Germany on January 18, 1903. Like 500 Selinur and 502 Sigune, it is named after a character in Friedrich Theodor Vischer's then-bestseller satirical novel Auch Einer.
Its rotational period was reported as 15 hours in 1992, but corrected to 13.174 hours in 2013.
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