524 Fidelio

524 Fidelio
Discovery
Discovered by Max Wolf
Discovery site Heidelberg
Discovery date March 14, 1904
Designations
1904 NN
Orbital characteristics
Epoch August 18, 2005 (JDCT 2453600.5)
Aphelion 2.975 AU
Perihelion 2.295 AU
2.635 AU
Eccentricity 0.129
4.277 a
354.768°
Inclination 8.223°
326.849°
79.428°

    524 Fidelio is a large minor planet with a diameter of 71 km, orbiting the Sun near the center of the main asteroid belt. Fidelio contains both metals and carbon (Spectral class XC). It is named for Ludwig van Beethoven's opera Fidelio

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