Astronomy:575 Renate

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Short description: Main Belt Asteroid
575 Renate
Discovery
Discovered byM. F. Wolf
Discovery siteHeidelberg
Discovery date19 September 1905
Designations
(575) Renate
1905 RE
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc110.31 yr (40292 d)
|{{{apsis}}}|helion}}2.8814 astronomical unit|AU (431.05 Gm)
|{{{apsis}}}|helion}}2.2276 AU (333.24 Gm)
2.5545 AU (382.15 Gm)
Eccentricity0.12796
Orbital period4.08 yr (1491.3 d)
Mean anomaly80.5375°
Mean motion0° 14m 29.04s / day
Inclination15.012°
Longitude of ascending node349.682°
333.921°
Physical characteristics
Mean radius10.63±0.75 km
Rotation period3.676 h (0.1532 d)[1][2]
Geometric albedo0.1706±0.027
Absolute magnitude (H)10.8


Renate (minor planet designation: 575 Renate) is a minor planet, specifically an asteroid orbiting in the asteroid belt which was discovered by German astronomer Max Wolf on September 19, 1905. The name may have been inspired by the asteroid's provisional designation 1905 RE.

Photometric observations at the Palmer Divide Observatory in Colorado Springs, Colorado in 1999 were used to build a light curve for this object. The asteroid displayed a rotation period of 3.676 ± 0.002 hours and a brightness variation of 0.15 ± 0.01 in magnitude.[2]

This is a member of the dynamic Maria family of asteroids that most likely formed as the result of a collisional breakup of a parent body.[3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Yeomans, Donald K., "575 Renate", JPL Small-Body Database Browser (NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory), https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=575, retrieved 5 May 2016. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Warner, Brian D. (January 2011), "Upon Further Review: IV. An Examination of Previous Lightcurve Analysis from the Palmer Divide Observatory", The Minor Planet Bulletin 38 (1): pp. 52–54, Bibcode2011MPBu...38...52W. 
  3. Veeder, G. J. et al. (March 1995), "Eos, Koronis, and Maria family asteroids: Infrared (JHK) photometry", Icarus 114: pp. 186–196, doi:10.1006/icar.1995.1053, Bibcode1995Icar..114..186V, https://trs.jpl.nasa.gov/bitstream/2014/29296/1/95-0212.pdf. 

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