506 Marion is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. It was discovered by Raymond Smith Dugan in February 1903, and was later named after a cousin of his. It is designated as a C-type asteroid with a size of approximately 104 kilometres (64.6 mi).[3]
References
- ^ Noah Webster (1884) A Practical Dictionary of the English Language
- ^ "506 Marion (1903 LN)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
- ^ URL=http://btboar.tripod.com/lightcurves/id20.html
External links
- Lightcurve plot of 506 Marion, Palmer Divide Observatory, B. D. Warner (2009)
- Lightcurves 506 Marion, tripod.com
- 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
- 506 Marion at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
- 506 Marion at the JPL Small-Body Database
