(525) Adelaide Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 21 October 1908 by J. H. Metcalf at Taunton.
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Where Adelaide is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Adelaide is 2.07 au from the Sun and 1.50 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 525 |
| Provisional designation | A908 UJ |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 9.33 km (#5,531 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.221 |
| Rotation period | 20.0 hours |
| Spectral type | SU |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.21 |
| Orbital period | 3.36 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.25 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.02 – 2.47 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.102 |
| Inclination | 6.00° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.04 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
More named asteroids discovered by J. H. Metcalf
- (581) Tauntonia
- (599) Luisa
- (600) Musa
- (602) Marianna
- (603) Timandra
- (604) Tekmessa
- (611) Valeria
- (620) Drakonia
- (622) Esther
- (636) Erika
- (637) Chrysothemis
- (638) Moira
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