Astronomy:530 Turandot

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Short description: Main-belt asteroid
530 Turandot
Discovery
Discovered byMax Wolf
Discovery siteHeidelberg
Discovery date11 April 1904
Designations
(530) Turandot
Pronunciation/ˈtjʊərəndɒt/
1904 NV
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc111.88 yr (40863 d)
|{{{apsis}}}|helion}}3.8850 astronomical unit|AU (581.19 Gm)
|{{{apsis}}}|helion}}2.4865 AU (371.98 Gm)
3.1858 AU (476.59 Gm)
Eccentricity0.21949
Orbital period5.69 yr (2076.9 d)
Mean anomaly92.1597°
Mean motion0° 10m 23.988s / day
Inclination8.5603°
Longitude of ascending node129.169°
200.102°
Physical characteristics
Mean radius42.425±1.3 km
Rotation period10.77 h[2]
19.960 h (0.8317 d)[1]
Geometric albedo0.0472±0.003
F[2]
Absolute magnitude (H)9.29


Turandot (minor planet designation: 530 Turandot) is a minor planet orbiting the Sun that was discovered by German astronomer Max Wolf on 11 April 1904 and named for the title character in a play by Carlo Gozzi that was to become best known as an opera Turandot by Puccini.

Photometric observations of this asteroid in 1986 gave a light curve with a period of 10.77 ± 0.03 hours and a brightness variation of 0.13 ± 0.02 in magnitude. The curve is asymmetrical with dual maxima and minima. This object has a spectrum that matches an F-type classification.[2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Yeomans, Donald K., "530 Turandot", JPL Small-Body Database Browser (NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory), https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=530, retrieved 5 May 2016. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 di Martino, M. et al. (July 1995), "Intermediate size asteroids: Photoelectric photometry of 8 objects.", Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement 112: pp. 1–7, Bibcode1995A&AS..112....1D. 

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