572 Rebekka

572 Rebekka
	A three-dimensional model of 572 Rebekka based on its light curve
Discovery
Discovered by	Paul Götz
Discovery site	Heidelberg
Discovery date	19 September 1905
Designations
MPC designation	(572) Rebekka
Alternative designations	1905 RB
Orbital characteristics[1]
	Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
	Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc	109.81 yr (40108 d)
Aphelion	2.7789 AU (415.72 Gm)
Perihelion	2.0213 AU (302.38 Gm)
Semi-major axis	2.4001 AU (359.05 Gm)
Eccentricity	0.15782
Orbital period	3.72 yr (1358.1 d)
Mean anomaly	272.796°
Mean motion	0° 15m 54.252s / day
Inclination	10.580°
Longitude of ascending node	194.566°
Argument of perihelion	192.111°
Physical characteristics
Mean radius	14.815±0.45 km
Rotation period	5.6497 h (0.23540 d)
Geometric albedo	0.0847±0.005
Absolute magnitude (H)	10.94

572 Rebekka is a minor planet orbiting the Sun, which was discovered on September 19, 1905, by a German astronomer Paul Götz in Heidelberg. It was named after a young lady from Heidelberg.

Observations performed at the Palmer Divide Observatory in Colorado Springs, Colorado during 2007 produced a light curve with a period of 5.656 ± 0.002 hours with a brightness range of 0.40 ± 0.02 in magnitude. This agrees with the 5.65 hour period measured in 1998.^[2]

References

↑ "572 Rebekka (1905 RB)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
↑ Warner, Brian D. (September 2007), "Asteroid Lightcurve Analysis at the Palmer Divide Observatory", The Minor Planet Bulletin, Bibcode:2007MPBu...34...72W.

External links

Lightcurve plot of 572 Rebekka, Palmer Divide Observatory, B. D. Warner (2007)
Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB), query form (info)
Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, Google books
Asteroids and comets rotation curves, CdR – Observatoire de Genève, Raoul Behrend
Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets (1)-(5000) – Minor Planet Center
572 Rebekka at the JPL Small-Body Database
- Close approach · Discovery · Ephemeris · Orbit diagram · Orbital elements · Physical parameters

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.

[jpldata-1] "572 Rebekka (1905 RB)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 5 May 2016.

[Warner2007-2] Warner, Brian D. (September 2007), "Asteroid Lightcurve Analysis at the Palmer Divide Observatory", The Minor Planet Bulletin, Bibcode:2007MPBu...34...72W.