558 Carmen
Discovery | |
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Discovered by | M. F. Wolf |
Discovery site | Heidelberg |
Discovery date | 9 February 1905 |
Designations | |
1905 QB | |
Orbital characteristics[1] | |
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
Observation arc | 111.15 yr (40597 d) |
Aphelion | 3.0333 AU (453.78 Gm) |
Perihelion | 2.7817 AU (416.14 Gm) |
2.9075 AU (434.96 Gm) | |
Eccentricity | 0.043262 |
4.96 yr (1810.8 d) | |
216.857° | |
0° 11m 55.716s / day | |
Inclination | 8.3757° |
143.728° | |
311.756° | |
Earth MOID | 1.80484 AU (270.000 Gm) |
Jupiter MOID | 2.04058 AU (305.266 Gm) |
Jupiter Tisserand parameter | 3.267 |
Physical characteristics | |
Mean radius | ±0.9 29.655km |
11.387 h (0.4745 d) | |
±0.007 0.1161 | |
9.09 | |
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558 Carmen is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. As with a number of asteroids discovered by Max Wolf, it is named after a female character in opera, in this case the title character of Bizet's Carmen.
References
- ↑ "558 Carmen (1905 QB)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
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