 A three-dimensional model of 528 Rezia based on its light curve | |
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Max Wolf |
| Discovery site | Heidelberg |
| Discovery date | 20 March 1904 |
| Designations | |
| (528) Rezia | |
| Pronunciation | /rɛˈzaɪə/ , [1] German: [ˈʁeːtsiaː] |
| 1904 NS | |
| Orbital characteristics [2] | |
| Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 112.08 yr (40937 d) |
| Aphelion | 3.4643 AU (518.25 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 3.3395 AU (499.58 Gm) |
| 3.4019 AU (508.92 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.018346 |
| 6.27 yr (2291.8 d) | |
| 136.691° | |
| 0° 9m 25.488s / day | |
| Inclination | 12.678° |
| 49.641° | |
| 338.786° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 41.71±1.5 km | |
| 7.337 h (0.3057 d) | |
| 0.0561±0.004 | |
| 9.14 | |
528 Rezia is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. It was discovered by Max Wolf on March 20, 1904. It is named for a character in the 1826 opera Oberon by Carl Maria von Weber. [3] [4] [5] Among the 248 discoveries by Wolf, he also discovered 527 Euryanthe and 529 Preziosa on the same day. [3]
The mostly likely source for the name of the asteroid is the character Rezia in Carl Maria von Weber's opera Oberon , given that around 1904 the astronomer was frequently using the names of female opera characters for the asteroids he discovered.
In 1907, August Kopff's November 1 sighting of the provisionally designated 1907 AQ was instead determined to be 528 Rezia. [6]
In 1987, it was reported that Rezia has a flat spectrum and IRAS albedo value pv=0.54 ± 0.0004, which is very dark and consistent with a C-type asteroid. [7]
