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3552 Don Quixote

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Mommert, Michael; Hora, Joseph L.; Trilling, David E.; Biver, Nicolas; Wierzchos, Kacper; Harrington Pinto, Olga; Agarwal, Jessica; Kim, Yoonyoung; McNeill, Andrew; Womack, Maria; Knight, Matthew M.; Polishook, David; Moskovitz, Nick; Kelley, Michael S. P.; Smith, Howard A. (1 June 2020).
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for the first time. The observation of cometary features during two apparitions suggests that cometary activity is recurrent and Don Quixote is most likely a weakly active comet.
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Mommert, Michael; Hora, Joseph L.; Harris, Alan W.; Reach, William T.; Emery, Joshua P.; Thomas, Cristina A.; et al. (January 2014).
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near Bern, Switzerland. It was named after the comic knight who is the eponymous hero of
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The asteroid was discovered on 26 September 1983, by Swiss astronomer
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Magnitudes generated with JPL Horizons for the year 1950 through 2100
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Lupishko, D. F.; di Martino, M.; Lupishko, T. A. (September 2000).
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Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets (1)-(5000)
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around the object. The cometary activity is inferred by
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Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (3552) Don Quixote
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Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB) 594:of 31 degrees that leads to frequent 302:Longitude of ascending node 7: 1185: 1057:Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB) 773:"LCDB Data for (3552) Don Quixote" 40:taken in Pingelly, Australia, 2009 14: 1074:Dictionary of Minor Planet Names 633:at 4.5 μm revealed a faint 617:Due to its comet-like orbit and 1001:Mommert, Michael (March 2018). 746:10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_3551 613:, featuring its coma and tail. 1: 1027:The Planetary Science Journal 892:"3552 Don Quixote (1983 SA)" 571:is characterized as a dark 486:, provisionally designated 314:Argument of perihelion 1643: 837:10.1088/0004-637X/781/1/25 738:Springer Berlin Heidelberg 130:Minor planet category 1622:D-type asteroids (Tholen) 1346: 1331:Small Solar System bodies 1272: 807:The Astrophysical Journal 709:Jet Propulsion Laboratory 564:Orbit and characteristics 477: 249:Orbital period (sidereal) 183: 171: 23: 1617:D-type asteroids (SMASS) 1066:16 December 2017 at the 707:(2017-05-26 last obs.). 465:Absolute magnitude  360:Physical characteristics 118:Alternative designations 1266:Minor planets navigator 1177:JPL Small-Body Database 651:molecular band emission 631:Spitzer Space Telescope 611:Spitzer Space Telescope 385:Synodic rotation period 165:Orbital characteristics 1456:Trans-Neptunian object 1109:Observation prediction 629:observations with the 614: 531:Zimmerwald Observatory 490:, is an exceptionally 197:33.71 yr (12,312 days) 1088:– Minor Planet Center 944:(2 May 2009 last obs) 917:"MPC/MPO/MPS Archive" 608: 458:11.67 (1957) to 22.32 185:Uncertainty parameter 1429:Distant minor planet 553:on 2 December 1990 ( 521:Discovery and naming 91:MPC designation 1607:Named minor planets 1228:Physical parameters 981:2000KFNTS...3..213L 921:Minor Planet Center 896:Minor Planet Center 829:2014ApJ...781...25M 655:visible wavelengths 551:Minor Planet Center 515:weakly active comet 110:fictional character 76:Discovery date 65:Discovery site 20: 1141:Observational info 1040:10.3847/PSJ/ab8ae5 872:on 4 February 2012 615: 497:, classified as a 453:Apparent magnitude 175:4 September 2017 ( 96:(3552) Don Quixote 53:Discovered by 1574: 1573: 1486: 1485: 1371:Meanings of names 1297: 1296: 755:978-3-540-00238-3 499:near-Earth object 481: 480: 79:26 September 1983 1634: 1344: 1324: 1317: 1310: 1301: 1283:3552 Don Quixote 1259: 1252: 1245: 1236: 1220:Orbital elements 1184: 1172:3552 Don Quixote 1149:Close approaches 1092:3552 Don Quixote 1045: 1044: 1042: 1017: 1011: 1010: 998: 992: 991: 989: 987: 960: 954: 953: 951: 949: 938: 932: 931: 929: 927: 913: 907: 906: 904: 902: 888: 882: 881: 879: 877: 868:. 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apmag
perihelion
Discovered by
P. Wild
Discovery site
Zimmerwald Obs.
MPC designation
Don Quixote
Alternative designations
Minor planet category
NEO
Amor
Mars-crosser
Jupiter-crosser
Centaur
Orbital characteristics
Epoch
JD
Uncertainty parameter
Observation arc
Aphelion
AU
Perihelion
Semi-major axis
Eccentricity
Orbital period (sidereal)
yr
Mean anomaly
°

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