Discovered by Raymond Smith Dugan Alternative names 1903 LQ Aphelion 3.1869 AU (476.75 Gm) Discovered 20 April 1903 Orbits Sun Asteroid group Asteroid belt | Discovery date 20 April 1903 Observation arc 107.99 yr (39445 d) Perihelion 3.1353 AU (469.03 Gm) Inclination 13.337° Discoverer Raymond Smith Dugan | |
Discovery site Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory Similar 509 Iolanda, 516 Amherstia, 528 Rezia, 776 Berbericia, 386 Siegena | ||
508 Princetonia is an asteroid, a minor planet orbiting the Sun. It was discovered by Raymond Smith Dugan at Heidelberg, Germany in 1903 and named "Princetonia" for Princeton University in New Jersey in the United States.
Dugan found it during his time at Königstuhl Observatory with Max Wolf in Heidelberg, Germany. At the time he was working on his Ph.D. from Heidelberg University. The asteroid is located in the outer areas of the main asteroid belt and is about 88 miles in diameter (140 km) according to data from IRAS, an infrared space observatory in the 1980s.
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