Discovery | |
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Discovered by | Max Wolf |
Discovery site | Heidelberg |
Discovery date | 4 August 1904 |
Designations | |
(541) Deborah | |
Pronunciation | /ˈdɛbərə/[1] |
1904 OO | |
Orbital characteristics[2] | |
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
Observation arc | 111.69 yr (40793 d) |
Aphelion | 2.9569 AU (442.35 Gm) |
Perihelion | 2.6746 AU (400.11 Gm) |
2.8157 AU (421.22 Gm) | |
Eccentricity | 0.050128 |
4.72 yr (1725.8 d) | |
307.870° | |
0° 12m 30.96s / day | |
Inclination | 6.0007° |
267.656° | |
357.52° | |
Physical characteristics | |
28.505±1.45 km | |
29.368 h (1.2237 d) | |
0.0496±0.005 | |
10.1 | |
541 Deborah is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. It was discovered by Max Wolf on August 4, 1904. The semi-major axis of the orbit lies just inside the 5/2 Kirkwood gap, located at 2.824 AU.[3] It was named after the biblical character Deborah.
References
[edit]- ^ Noah Webster (1884) A Practical Dictionary of the English Language
- ^ "541 Deborah (1904 OO)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Archived from the original on 17 September 2020. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
- ^ Scholl, Hans; Froeschlé, Claude (September 1975), "Asteroidal motion at the 5/2, 7/3 and 2/1 resonances", Astronomy and Astrophysics, 42 (3): 457–463, Bibcode:1975A&A....42..457S
External links
[edit]- 541 Deborah at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
- 541 Deborah at the JPL Small-Body Database