562 Salome
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | M. F. Wolf |
| Discovery site | Heidelberg |
| Discovery date | 3 April 1905 |
| Designations | |
| 1905 QH | |
| Orbital characteristics[1] | |
| Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 111.00 yr (40542 d) |
| Aphelion | 3.3215 AU (496.89 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 2.7152 AU (406.19 Gm) |
| 3.0183 AU (451.53 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.10043 |
| 5.24 yr (1915.3 d) | |
| 313.859° | |
| 0° 11m 16.656s / day | |
| Inclination | 11.104° |
| 70.608° | |
| 263.747° | |
| Earth MOID | 1.73328 AU (259.295 Gm) |
| Jupiter MOID | 2.0222 AU (302.52 Gm) |
| Jupiter Tisserand parameter | 3.211 |
| Physical characteristics | |
Mean radius | 15.335±0.9 km |
| 6.351 h (0.2646 d) | |
| 0.1967±0.026 | |
| 9.95 | |
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562 Salome is a minor planet orbiting the Sun that was discovered by German astronomer Max Wolf on April 3, 1905 from Heidelberg. It is named after Salome, the daughter of Herodias who is referenced in the New Testament.[2]
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.[3]
References
- ↑ Yeomans, Donald K., "562 Salome", JPL Small-Body Database Browser, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, retrieved 5 May 2016.
- ↑ In light of Wolf's propensity at the time to name asteroids after female characters in opera, it is possible that he may have had in mind the rendition of Salome in Richard Strauss's eponymous opera, which premiered in Dresden the year of discovery.
- ↑ Veeder, G. J.; et al. (March 1995), "Eos, Koronis, and Maria family asteroids: Infrared (JHK) photometry", 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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