573 Recha

Recha (minor planet designation: 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 and may have been inspired by the asteroid's provisional designation 1905 RC.

573 Recha
A three-dimensional model of 573 Recha based on its light curve
Discovery
Discovered byM. F. Wolf
Discovery siteHeidelberg
Discovery date19 September 1905
Designations
(573) Recha
Pronunciation/ˈrkə/,[1]
German: [ˈʁeːçaː]
1905 RC
Orbital characteristics[2]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc110.43 yr (40335 d)
Aphelion3.3562 AU (502.08 Gm)
Perihelion2.6689 AU (399.26 Gm)
3.0125 AU (450.66 Gm)
Eccentricity0.11407
5.23 yr (1909.8 d)
55.621°
0° 11m 18.6s / day
Inclination9.8334°
342.959°
28.910°
Physical characteristics
Mean radius
24.00±1.9 km
7.15 h[3]
7.16633 h (0.298597 d)[2]
0.1109±0.020
9.5

    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.[3]

    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.[4]

    References

    1. 'Rechah' in Noah Webster (1884) A Practical Dictionary of the English Language
    2. Yeomans, Donald K., "573 Recha", JPL Small-Body Database Browser, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, retrieved 5 May 2016.
    3. Warner, Brian D. (January 2011), "Upon Further Review: IV. An Examination of Previous Lightcurve Analysis from the Palmer Divide Observatory", The Minor Planet Bulletin, 38 (1), pp. 52–54, Bibcode:2011MPBu...38...52W.
    4. Veeder, G. J.; et al. (March 1995), "Eos, Koronis, and Maria family asteroids: Infrared (JHK) photometry" (PDF), Icarus, 114, pp. 186–196, Bibcode:1995Icar..114..186V, CiteSeerX 10.1.1.31.2739, doi:10.1006/icar.1995.1053.


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