3552 Don Quixote is an Amor Mars-crossing Jupiter-crossing asteroid. It has a highly inclined comet-like orbit that leads to frequent perturbations by Jupiter measures 18.4 km in diameter and has a rotation period of 7.7 hours. Don Quixote was discovered by Paul Wild in 1983 and is named after the comic knight who is the eponymous hero of Cervantes’ Spanish novel Don Quixote (1605).Due to its comet-like orbit and albedo Don Quixote has ever been suspected to be an extinct comet.
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