| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Paul Götz |
| Discovery site | Heidelberg |
| Discovery date | 4 September 1905 |
| Designations | |
| (571) Dulcinea | |
| Pronunciation | /dʌlˈsɪniə,dʌlsɪˈniːə/ [1] |
| 1905 QZ | |
| Orbital characteristics [2] | |
| Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 110.57 yr (40387 d) |
| Aphelion | 2.9963 AU (448.24 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 1.8224 AU (272.63 Gm) |
| 2.4093 AU (360.43 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.24361 |
| 3.74 yr (1366.0 d) | |
| 205.094° | |
| 0° 15m 48.78s / day | |
| Inclination | 5.2282° |
| 3.1916° | |
| 27.650° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 126.3 h (5.26 d) | |
| 11.59 | |
571 Dulcinea is an asteroid orbiting in the inner main belt. [3] It was named after Dulcinea, a character from Miguel de Cervantes' novel Don Quixote . This is classified as a stony S-type asteroid and it is the second largest member of the Erigone collisional family. [3]