879 Ricarda
Appearance
Discovery | |
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Discovered by | Max Wolf |
Discovery site | Heidelberg Observatory |
Discovery date | 22 July 1917 |
Designations | |
(879) Ricarda | |
Named after | Ricarda Huch |
1917 CJ | |
Orbital characteristics[1] | |
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
Observation arc | 98.74 yr (36066 days) |
Aphelion | 2.9230 AU (437.27 Gm) |
Perihelion | 2.1433 AU (320.63 Gm) |
2.5332 AU (378.96 Gm) | |
Eccentricity | 0.15390 |
4.03 yr (1472.6 d) | |
167.363° | |
0° 14m 40.056s / day | |
Inclination | 13.669° |
269.958° | |
96.549° | |
Physical characteristics | |
82.9 h (3.45 d) | |
11.0 | |
879 Ricarda is a minor planet orbiting the Sun that was discovered by German astronomer Max Wolf on July 22, 1917.
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.[2]
It is named after German intellectual Ricarda Huch. Main-belt asteroid 8847 Huch is also named after her.
References
[edit]- ^ Yeomans, Donald K., "879 Ricarda", JPL Small-Body Database Browser, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, retrieved 3 May 2016.
- ^ Veeder, G. J.; et al. (March 1995), "Eos, Koronis, and Maria family asteroids: Infrared (JHK) photometry" (PDF), Icarus, vol. 114, pp. 186–196, Bibcode:1995Icar..114..186V, CiteSeerX 10.1.1.31.2739, doi:10.1006/icar.1995.1053.
External links
[edit]- 879 Ricarda at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
- 879 Ricarda at the JPL Small-Body Database