529 Preziosa

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529 Preziosa
Discovery
Discovered byMax Wolf
Discovery siteHeidelberg
Discovery date20 March 1904
Designations
(529) Preziosa
PronunciationSpanish: [pɾeˈθjosa]
Italian: [pretˈtsjoːza][1]
1904 NT
Orbital characteristics[2]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc113.30 yr (41382 d)
Aphelion3.3078 AU (494.84 Gm)
Perihelion2.7246 AU (407.59 Gm)
3.0162 AU (451.22 Gm)
Eccentricity0.096685
5.24 yr (1913.3 d)
298.796°
0° 11m 17.376s / day
Inclination11.024°
65.210°
333.658°
Physical characteristics
Mean radius
16.005±0.75 km
27 h (1.1 d)
0.1632±0.017
10.06

Preziosa (minor planet designation: 529 Preziosa) is a minor planet orbiting the Sun that was discovered by German astronomer Max Wolf on 20 March 1904 from Heidelberg.

This is a member of the dynamic Eos family of asteroids that were probably formed as the result of a collisional breakup of a parent body.[3]

The name is that of the protagonist of one of Miguel de Cervantes's Exemplary Novels. It is possible, since this was a period when Wolf habitually named his comets after operatic heroines, that he specifically had in mind the Preziosa in the eponymous opera by Antonio Smareglia.[4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ (Dizionario Rai)
  2. ^ Yeomans, Donald K., "529 Preziosa", JPL Small-Body Database Browser, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, archived from the original on 1 September 2014, retrieved 5 May 2016.
  3. ^ Veeder, G. J.; et al. (March 1995), "Eos, Koronis, and Maria family asteroids: Infrared (JHK) photometry", Icarus, vol. 114, pp. 186–196, Bibcode:1995Icar..114..186V, CiteSeerX 10.1.1.31.2739, doi:10.1006/icar.1995.1053.
  4. ^ Franklin Mesa (2015). Opera: An Encyclopedia of World Premieres and Significant Performances, Singers, Composers, Librettists, Arias and Conductors, 1597–2000. McFarland. p. 192. ISBN 978-1-4766-0537-1.

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