209 Dido
Synodic rotation period | 5.737 h (0.24 d)[4][6] | |
| 0.028±0.004 | ||
| C | ||
| 8.24 | ||
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Dido (
plane of the ecliptic.[4]
209 Dido is classified as a
rotation period of 5.7366±0.0005 hours with a brightness variation of 0.17±0.02 in magnitude.[6] The pole orientation in ecliptic coordinates, as determined from multiple light curve studies, is (βp, λp) = (120°±6°, 66°±7°).[7]
209 Dido has been observed to occult 4 stars between 2005 and 2023.
References
- ^ Webster, Noah (1884). A Practical Dictionary of the English Language.
- ^ "didonia". Oxford English Dictionary (Online ed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription or participating institution membership required.)
- ^ Shoaf, Richard (1983). Dante, Chaucer, and the currency of the word. p. 52 ff.
- ^ a b c d e "209 Dido". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
- ^ . See Table 1.
- ^ Bibcode:2005MPBu...32...90W.
- .
External links
- Lightcurve plot of 209 Dido, Palmer Divide Observatory, B. D. Warner (2005)
- Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB), query form (info Archived 16 December 2017 at the Wayback Machine)
- Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, Google books
- Asteroids and comets rotation curves, CdR – Observatoire de Genève, Raoul Behrend
- Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets (1)-(5000) – Minor Planet Center
- 209 Dido at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
- 209 Dido at the JPL Small-Body Database
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