- Source: 531 Zerlina
531 Zerlina, provisional designation 1904 NW, carbonaceous Palladian asteroid from the central region of the asteroid belt, approximately 18 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered by German astronomer Max Wolf at the Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory on 12 April 1904.
Orbit and characteristics
Observations using the IRAS satellite have shown it to have an absolute magnitude of 11.8, a diameter of 15.19 kilometers, a rotational period of 16.706 hours, and an albedo of 0.1460.
Naming
It is named for a character in Mozart's opera, Don Giovanni H 57).
References
External links
Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB), query form (info Archived 16 December 2017 at the Wayback Machine)
Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, Google books
Asteroids and comets rotation curves, CdR – Observatoire de Genève, Raoul Behrend
Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets (1)-(5000) – Minor Planet Center
531 Zerlina at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
Ephemeris · Observation prediction · Orbital info · Proper elements · Observational info
531 Zerlina at the JPL Small-Body Database
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- 531 Zerlina
- Zerlina
- Max Wolf
- Meanings of minor-planet names: 1–1000
- B-type asteroid
- List of minor planets: 1–1000
- 532 Herculina
- List of named minor planets: Z
- 1194 Aletta
- List of named minor planets: 1–999
