(523) Ada Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 27 January 1904 by R. S. Dugan at Heidelberg.
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Where Ada is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Ada is 2.53 au from the Sun and 3.06 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 523 |
| Provisional designation | A904 BA |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 31.9 km (#1,283 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.251 |
| Rotation period | 10.0 hours |
| Spectral type | X |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 10.01 |
| Orbital period | 5.11 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.97 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.43 – 3.50 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.181 |
| Inclination | 4.31° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.45 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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- (521) Brixia
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