693 Zerbinetta

693 Zerbinetta
Discovery
Discovered by August Kopff
Discovery site Heidelberg
Discovery date 21 September 1909
Designations
MPC designation (693) Zerbinetta
1909 HN, 1949 QB, 1949 SW1, 1952 DR3
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 38866 days (106.41 yr)
Aphelion 3.0369 AU (454.31 Gm)
Perihelion 2.8506 AU (426.44 Gm)
2.9438 AU (440.39 Gm)
Eccentricity 0.031644
5.05 yr (1844.8 d)
101.77°
0° 11m 42.504s / day
Inclination 14.195°
351.875°
288.790°
Physical characteristics
Mean radius
 33.83 ± 0.65 km
11.475 h (0.4781 d)
0.0683 ± 0.003
9.5

    693 Zerbinetta is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. It was discovered on 21 September 1909 August Kopff in Heidelberg.[1][2] It was named after a character in Richard Strauss' opera Ariadne auf Naxos.

    References

    1. 1 2 "693 Zerbinetta (1909 HN)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
    2. ↑ "Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 2015-05-18.

    Further reading

    • Behrend, R. "Asteroids and comets rotation curves, CdR – 693 Zerbinetta". Observatoire de Genève.
    • Chiorny, V. G.; Shevchenko, V. G.; Krugly, Yu. N.; Velichko, F. P.; Gaftonyuk, N. M. (2007). "Photometry of asteroids: Lightcurves of 24 asteroids obtained in 1993–2005". Planetary and Space Science. 55 (7–8): 986. Bibcode:2007P&SS...55..986C. doi:10.1016/j.pss.2007.01.001.


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