page_title: 2590 Mourão
hierarchical_section_title: 2590 Mourão
caption_attribution_description: English: 3D convex shape model of 2590 Mourão, computed using light curve inversion techniques. J. Hanuš, J. Ďurech, M. Brož, B. D. Warner&#32;(June 2011).&#32;"A study of asteroid pole-latitude distribution based on an extended set of shape models derived by the lightcurve inversion method". Astronomy and Astrophysics&#32;530: A134. DOI:10.1051/0004-6361/201116738. ISSN 0004-6361. arXiv
context_page_description: 2590 Mourão is a bright Vesta asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 7 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 22 May 1980, by Belgian astronomer Henri Debehogne at ESO's La Silla Observatory in northern Chile. The V-type asteroid has a rotation period of 15.6 hours. It was named after Brazilian astronomer Ronaldo Rogério de Freitas Mourão.
context_section_description: 2590 Mourão (prov. designation: 1980 kJ) is a bright Vesta asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 7 kilometers (4.3 miles) in diameter. It was discovered on 22 May 1980, by Belgian astronomer Henri Debehogne at ESO's La Silla Observatory in northern Chile. The V-type asteroid has a rotation period of 15.6 hours. It was named after Brazilian astronomer Ronaldo Rogério de Freitas Mourão.
caption: Shape model of Mourão from its lightcurve
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