506 Marion

Summary

506 Marion is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 506 Marion is credited with the discovery of Raymond Smith Dugan^[3].
• 506 Marion's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 506 Marion's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory^[5].
• Marion Orcutt is named after 506 Marion^[6].
• 506 Marion's follows is recorded as 505 Cava^[7].
• 506 Marion's followed by is recorded as Q154999^[8].
• 506 Marion's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 506 Marion's Commons category is recorded as 506 Marion^[10].
• 506 Marion's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[11].
• 506 Marion's provisional designation is recorded as A903 DB^[12].
• 506 Marion's provisional designation is recorded as 1948 PF1^[13].
• 506 Marion's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1903-02-17T00:00:00Z^[14].
• 506 Marion's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/08lw3w^[15].
• 506 Marion's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20000506^[16].
• 506 Marion's asteroid spectral type is recorded as X-type asteroid^[17].
• 506 Marion's significant event is recorded as naming^[18].
• 506 Marion's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1446975569078489'}^[19].
• 506 Marion's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.17'}^[20].
• 506 Marion's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+8.98'}^[21].
• 506 Marion's different from is recorded as Marion^[22].
• 506 Marion's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+16.996'}^[23].
• 506 Marion's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+16.98554860585223'}^[24].
• 506 Marion's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1937.963900450337'}^[25].
• 506 Marion's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+13.546'}^[26].
• 506 Marion's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+312.7642976803815'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

506 Marion's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Marion Orcutt is named after 506 Marion^[6].

Why It Matters

506 Marion ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]