572 Rebekka

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572 Rebekka
Discovery
Discovered by Paul Götz
Discovery site Heidelberg
Discovery date September 19, 1905
Designations
Alternative names 1905 RB
Orbital characteristics
Epoch August 18, 2005 (JDCT 2453600.5)
Aphelion 2.778 AU
Perihelion 2.022 AU
Semi-major axis 2.400 AU
Eccentricity 0.158
Orbital period 3.718 a
Mean anomaly 292.702°
Inclination 10.569°
Longitude of ascending node 194.718°
Argument of perihelion 192.147°

    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.[1]

    References

    1. Warner, Brian D. (September 2007), "Asteroid Lightcurve Analysis at the Palmer Divide Observatory", Bulletin of the Minor Planets Section of the Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers, Bibcode:2007MPBu...34...72W. 

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