553 Kundry is an S-type asteroid[1] belonging to the Flora family in the Main Belt. Its rotation period is 12.605 hours[2].
 A three-dimensional model of 553 Kundry based on its light curve | |
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | M. F. Wolf |
| Discovery site | Heidelberg |
| Discovery date | 27 December 1904 |
| Designations | |
| (553) Kundry | |
| Pronunciation | German: [ˈkʊndʁyː] |
| 1904 PP; 1932 CL; 1957 UB | |
| Orbital characteristics[1] | |
| Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 111.31 yr (40655 d) |
| Aphelion | 2.4766 AU (370.49 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 1.9843 AU (296.85 Gm) |
| 2.2305 AU (333.68 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.11035 |
| 3.33 yr (1216.7 d) | |
| 191.00° | |
| 0° 17m 45.168s / day | |
| Inclination | 5.3899° |
| 72.378° | |
| 354.515° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 12.605 h (0.5252 d) | |
| 12.1 | |
Like a number of asteroids discovered by Max Wolf around this time (1904), it is named after a female character in opera, in this case from Richard Wagner's Parsifal.
References
edit- ^ "553 Kundry (1904 PP)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
External links
edit- 553 Kundry at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
- 553 Kundry at the JPL Small-Body Database
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