(518) Halawe Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 20 October 1903 by R. S. Dugan at Heidelberg.
Where Halawe is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Halawe is 3.05 au from the Sun and 3.89 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 518 |
| Provisional designation | A915 TP |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 16.2 km (#2,851 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.246 |
| Rotation period | 14.3 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 11.11 |
| Orbital period | 4.03 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.53 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.95 – 3.11 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.229 |
| Inclination | 6.72° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.952 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 20 October 1903
More named asteroids discovered by R. S. Dugan
- (497) Iva
- (503) Evelyn
- (506) Marion
- (507) Laodica
- (508) Princetonia
- (510) Mabella
- (511) Davida
- (516) Amherstia
- (517) Edith
- (519) Sylvania
- (521) Brixia
- (523) Ada
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