![]() A three-dimensional model of 528 Rezia based on its light curve | |
Discovery | |
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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]