540 Rosamunde

Rosamunde (minor planet designation: 540 Rosamunde) is an S-type asteroid belonging to the Flora family in the Main Belt.[3] Its diameter is about 19 km and it has an albedo of 0.243 . Its rotation period is 9.336 hours.

540 Rosamunde
A three-dimensional model of 540 Rosamunde based on its light curve
Discovery
Discovered byMax Wolf
Discovery siteHeidelberg
Discovery date3 August 1904
Designations
(540) Rosamunde
PronunciationGerman: [ʁoːzɐˈmʊndə][1]
1904 ON
Orbital characteristics[2]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc111.67 yr (40788 d)
Aphelion2.4178 AU (361.70 Gm)
Perihelion2.0195 AU (302.11 Gm)
2.2187 AU (331.91 Gm)
Eccentricity0.089767
3.30 yr (1207.1 d)
85.2863°
0° 17m 53.664s / day
Inclination5.5831°
202.174°
337.564°
Physical characteristics
Mean radius
9.51±1.35 km
9.351 ± 0.001 h (0.389625 ± 4.2×10−5 d)[3]
0.2426±0.088
10.76

    Rosamunde is named for a character in a play of the same title for which Franz Schubert wrote incidental music.[4]

    References

    1. (German Names)
    2. "540 Rosamunde (1904 ON)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
    3. Kryszczynska, A.; et al. (October 2012). "Do Slivan states exist in the Flora family?. I. Photometric survey of the Flora region". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 546: 51. Bibcode:2012A&A...546A..72K. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201219199. A72.
    4. Lutz D. Schmadel (2013). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 87. ISBN 978-3-662-06615-7.


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