573 Recha
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A three-dimensional model of 573 Recha based on its light curve. | |
| Discovery | |
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| Discovered by | M. F. Wolf |
| Discovery site | Heidelberg |
| Discovery date | September 19, 1905 |
| Designations | |
| 1905 RC | |
| Orbital characteristics[1] | |
| Epoch August 18, 2005 (JDCT 2453600.5) | |
| Aphelion | 3.364 AU |
| Perihelion | 2.660 AU |
| 3.012 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.117 |
| 5.227 a | |
| 19.612° | |
| Inclination | 9.837° |
| 343.045° | |
| 30.783° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 7.15[2] h | |
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573 Recha is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. It is in the asteroid belt, orbiting between Mars and Jupiter. The asteroid, discovered by German astronomer Max Wolf on September 19, 1905, was named after a character in Gotthold Ephraim Lessing's play Nathan the Wise.
Photometric observations at the Palmer Divide Observatory in Colorado Springs, Colorado from 2001–2006 were used to build a light curve for this object. The asteroid displayed a rotation period of 7.15 ± 0.01 hours and a brightness variation of 0.20 ± 0.02 in magnitude.[2]
This is a member of the dynamic Eos family of asteroids that most likely formed as the result of a collisional breakup of a parent body.[3]
References
- ↑ Yeomans, Donald K., "573 Recha", JPL Small-Body Database Browser (NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory), retrieved 2013-03-30.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Warner, Brian D. (January 2011), "Upon Further Review: IV. An Examination of Previous Lightcurve Analysis from the Palmer Divide Observatory", Bulletin of the Minor Planets Section of the Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers 38 (1): 52–54, Bibcode:2011MPBu...38...52W.
- ↑ Veeder, G. J. et al. (March 1995), "Eos, Koronis, and Maria family asteroids: Infrared (JHK) photometry", Icarus 114: 186–196, Bibcode:1995Icar..114..186V, doi:10.1006/icar.1995.1053, CiteSeerX: 10
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