Astronomy:524 Fidelio
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| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Max Wolf |
| Discovery site | Heidelberg |
| Discovery date | 14 March 1904 |
| Designations | |
| (524) Fidelio | |
| 1904 NN | |
| Orbital characteristics[1] | |
| Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 112.10 yr (40943 d) |
| |{{{apsis}}}|helion}} | 2.9726 astronomical unit|AU (444.69 Gm) |
| |{{{apsis}}}|helion}} | 2.2965 AU (343.55 Gm) |
| 2.6345 AU (394.12 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.12832 |
| Orbital period | 4.28 yr (1561.9 d) |
| Mean anomaly | 195.412° |
| Mean motion | 0° 13m 49.764s / day |
| Inclination | 8.2284° |
| Longitude of ascending node | 326.697° |
| 80.137° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Mean radius | 35.865±1.35 km |
| Rotation period | 14.198 h (0.5916 d) |
| Geometric albedo | 0.0402±0.003 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 9.83 |
Fidelio (minor planet designation: 524 Fidelio) is a large minor planet with a diameter of 71 km, orbiting the Sun near the center of the main asteroid belt. Fidelio contains both metals and carbon (Spectral class XC). Concerning its name, the Catalogue of Minor Planet Names and Discovery Circumstances notes, "This is the name of Leonora when disguised as a man in the opera Fidelio (composed 1805) by the German composer Ludwig van Beethoven.[2] The name dates from a period when Max Wolf assigned the names of female operatic characters to asteroids he had newly discovered.
524 Fidelio is also the name of a song on the album Valentina by The Wedding Present.
References
- ↑ "524 Fidelio (1904 NN)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=524;cad=1.
- ↑ Available on line: [1][yes|permanent dead link|dead link}}]; reference is on p. 56.
External links
- Lightcurve plot of (524) Adelaide, Antelope Hills Observatory
- 524 Fidelio at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
- 524 Fidelio at the JPL Small-Body Database
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