575 Renate

Renate (minor planet designation: 575 Renate) is a minor planet orbiting the Sun which was discovered by German astronomer Max Wolf on September 19, 1905. The name may have been inspired by the asteroid's provisional designation 1905 RE.

575 Renate
Discovery
Discovered byM. F. Wolf
Discovery siteHeidelberg
Discovery date19 September 1905
Designations
(575) Renate
1905 RE
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc110.31 yr (40292 d)
Aphelion2.8814 AU (431.05 Gm)
Perihelion2.2276 AU (333.24 Gm)
2.5545 AU (382.15 Gm)
Eccentricity0.12796
4.08 yr (1491.3 d)
80.5375°
0° 14m 29.04s / day
Inclination15.012°
349.682°
333.921°
Physical characteristics
Mean radius
10.63±0.75 km
3.676 h (0.1532 d)[1][2]
0.1706±0.027
10.8

    Photometric observations at the Palmer Divide Observatory in Colorado Springs, Colorado in 1999 were used to build a light curve for this object. The asteroid displayed a rotation period of 3.676 ± 0.002 hours and a brightness variation of 0.15 ± 0.01 in magnitude.[2]

    This is a member of the dynamic Maria family of asteroids that most likely formed as the result of a collisional breakup of a parent body.[3]

    References

    1. Yeomans, Donald K., "575 Renate", JPL Small-Body Database Browser, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, retrieved 5 May 2016.
    2. 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.
    3. 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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