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501 Urhixidur is a relatively large (ranked 372nd by IRAS) main belt asteroid. It was discovered by Dr. Maximilian Franz Joseph Cornelius Wolf (1863–1932) at the Königstuhl Observatory in Heidelberg Germany on January 18 1903. It is named after a character in Friedrich Theodor Vischer’s then-bestseller satirical novel Auch Einer.

apoapsis (km)
5.40736e+11
average speed (km/s)
59940.0
density (μ3)
2000.0
orbital period (μ)
1.77924e+08
periapsis (km)
4.07035e+11
temperature (K)
157.0
absolute magnitude
8.9
albedo
0.0812
discovery date
1903-01-18
discoverer
Max Wolf
epoch
May 10 2005 (JD 2453500.5)
escape velocity (kmh)
147.24
former name
1903 LB; 1943 FC;, 1949 FW; ;, 1951 SE; 1955 FB
rotation period (s)
54000.0

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