900 Rosalinde

900 Rosalinde

Name
Name Rosalinde
Designation 1918 EC
Discovery
Discoverer Max Wolf
Discovery date August 10, 1918
Discovery site Heidelberg
Orbital elements
Epoch August 18, 2005 (JDCT 2453600.5)
Eccentricity (e) 0.162
Semimajor axis (a) 2.473 AU
Perihelion (q) 2.072 AU
Aphelion (Q) 2.874 AU
Orbital period (P) 3.890 a
Inclination (i) 11.564°
Longitude of the ascending node (Ω) 182.533°
Argument of Perihelion (ω) 121.436°
Mean anomaly (M) 145.707°

900 Rosalinde is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. It is named after a character in Johann Strauss's opera Die Fledermaus.[1]

References

  1. ^ Paul Herget, The Names of the Minor Planets (1955)

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