Discovered by Raymond Smith Dugan Alternative names 1904 ND Aphelion 3.4869 AU (521.63 Gm) Discovered 27 January 1904 Orbits Sun Asteroid group Asteroid belt | Discovery date 27 January 1904 Observation arc 113.46 yr (41442 d) Perihelion 2.4517 AU (366.77 Gm) Inclination 4.2955° Discoverer Raymond Smith Dugan | |
Discovery site Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory Similar 276 Adelheid, 516 Amherstia, 847 Agnia, 132 Aethra, 193 Ambrosia | ||
523 Ada is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. It was discovered January 29, 1904 by American astronomer Raymond S. Dugan at Heidelberg, Germany and was named after his friend Ada Helme. CCD images collected during the fall of 2004 at Oakley Observatory in Terre Haute, Indiana were used to generate a lightcurve for the object, showing a rotation period of 10.03 ± 0.01 hours.
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