693 Zerbinetta

693 Zerbinetta

Discovery
Discovered by	August Kopff
Discovery site	Heidelberg
Discovery date	21 September 1909
Designations
Alternative names	1909 HN, 1949 QB, 1949 SW1, 1952 DR3
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc	38866 days (106.41 yr)
Aphelion	3.0369 AU (454.31 Gm)
Perihelion	2.8506 AU (426.44 Gm)
Semi-major axis	2.9438 AU (440.39 Gm)
Eccentricity	0.031644
Orbital period	5.05 yr (1844.8 d)
Mean anomaly	101.77°
Mean motion	0° 11^m 42.504^s / day
Inclination	14.195°
Longitude of ascending node	351.875°
Argument of perihelion	288.790°
Earth MOID	1.86675 AU (279.262 Gm)
Jupiter MOID	2.04999 AU (306.674 Gm)
Jupiter Tisserand parameter	3.225
Physical characteristics
Mean radius	33.83 ± 0.65 km
Rotation period	11.475 h (0.4781 d)
Geometric albedo	0.0683 ± 0.003
Absolute magnitude (H)	9.5

693 Zerbinetta is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. It was discovered on 21 September 1909 August Kopff in Heidelberg.^[1] It is named after a character in the opera Ariadne auf Naxos by Richard Strauss.^[2]

References

1. "693 Zerbinetta (1909 HN)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
2. "Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 2015-05-18.

Further reading

• Behrend, R. "Asteroids and comets rotation curves, CdR – 693 Zerbinetta". Observatoire de Genève.
• Chiorny, V. G.; Shevchenko, V. G.; Krugly, Yu. N.; Velichko, F. P.; Gaftonyuk, N. M. (2007). "Photometry of asteroids: Lightcurves of 24 asteroids obtained in 1993–2005". Planetary and Space Science. 55 (7–8): 986. Bibcode:2007P&SS...55..986C. doi:10.1016/j.pss.2007.01.001.

External links

693 Zerbinetta at the JPL Small-Body Database

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