263 Dresda

Minor Planet | name=263 Dresda
discoverer=Johann Palisa
discovery_date=November 3, 1886
designations=A905 OC, A915 RL,
A917 BA, 1950 XV,
1977 PC
category=Main belt (Koronis)
epoch=30 January, 2005 (JD 2453400.5)
semimajor=431.686 Gm (2.886 AU)
perihelion=397.493 Gm (2.657 AU)
aphelion=465.879 Gm (3.114 AU)
eccentricity=0.079
period=1790.417 d (4.9 a)
inclination=1.314°
asc_node=216.664°
arg_peri=158.469°
mean_anomaly=58.551°
speed=17.53 km/s
dimensions=23.0 km
mass="unknown"
density="unknown"
gravity="unknown"
escape_velocity="unknown"
rotation=16.77 h
spectral_class="unknown"
abs_mag=10.4
albedo=0.226
temperature="unknown"

263 Dresda is a typical Main belt asteroid. It belongs to the Koronis family of asteroids.

It has a lightly-coloured surface and likely is not composed of carbonaceus materials, but is similar in composition as another Koronis family member, 243 Ida.

It was discovered by Johann Palisa on November 3, 1886 in Vienna.

Name Dresda derives from the German city of Dresden.

References

* [ftp://ftp.lowell.edu/pub/elgb/astorb.html The Asteroid Orbital Elements Database]
* [http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/lists/NumberedMPs.html Minor Planet Discovery Circumstances]
* [http://spiff.rit.edu/richmond/parallax/phot/LCSUMPUB.TXT Asteroid Lightcurve Data File]