572 Rebekka

572 Rebekka

A three-dimensional model of 572 Rebekka based on its light curve.
Discovery
Discovered by Paul Götz
Discovery site Heidelberg
Discovery date 19 September 1905
Designations
1905 RB
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 109.81 yr (40108 d)
Aphelion 2.7789 AU (415.72 Gm)
Perihelion 2.0213 AU (302.38 Gm)
2.4001 AU (359.05 Gm)
Eccentricity 0.15782
3.72 yr (1358.1 d)
272.796°
 15m 54.252s / day
Inclination 10.580°
194.566°
192.111°
Earth MOID 1.02481 AU (153.309 Gm)
Jupiter MOID 2.67055 AU (399.509 Gm)
Jupiter Tisserand parameter 3.486
Physical characteristics
Mean radius
14.815±0.45 km
5.6497 h (0.23540 d)
0.0847±0.005
10.94

    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.[2]

    References

    1. "572 Rebekka (1905 RB)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
    2. Warner, Brian D. (September 2007), "Asteroid Lightcurve Analysis at the Palmer Divide Observatory", The Minor Planet Bulletin, Bibcode:2007MPBu...34...72W.

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