553 Kundry

553 Kundry
A three-dimensional model of 553 Kundry based on its light curve
Discovery
Discovered by M. F. Wolf
Discovery site Heidelberg
Discovery date 27 December 1904
Designations
MPC designation (553) Kundry
1904 PP; 1932 CL;
1957 UB
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 111.31 yr (40655 d)
Aphelion 2.4766 AU (370.49 Gm)
Perihelion 1.9843 AU (296.85 Gm)
2.2305 AU (333.68 Gm)
Eccentricity 0.11035
3.33 yr (1216.7 d)
191.00°
0° 17m 45.168s / day
Inclination 5.3899°
72.378°
354.515°
Physical characteristics
12.605 h (0.5252 d)
12.1

    553 Kundry is an S-type asteroid belonging to the Flora family in the Main Belt. Its rotation period is 12.605 hours.

    Like a number of asteroids discovered by Max Wolf around this time (1904), it is named after a female character in opera, in this case from Richard Wagner's Parsifal.

    References

    1. ↑ "553 Kundry (1904 PP)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 5 May 2016.


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