553 Kundry

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553 Kundry
553Kundry (Lightcurve Inversion).png
A three-dimensional model of 553 Kundry based on its light curve
Discovery
Discovered by M. F. Wolf
Discovery site Heidelberg
Discovery date27 December 1904
Designations
(553) Kundry
PronunciationGerman: [ˈkʊndʁyː]
1904 PP; 1932 CL;
1957 UB
Orbital characteristics [1]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 111.31 yr (40655 d)
Aphelion 2.4766  AU (370.49  Gm)
Perihelion 1.9843 AU (296.85 Gm)
2.2305 AU (333.68 Gm)
Eccentricity 0.11035
3.33 yr (1216.7 d)
191.00°
0° 17m 45.168s / day
Inclination 5.3899°
72.378°
354.515°
Physical characteristics
12.605  h (0.5252  d)
12.1

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    Like a number of asteroids discovered by Max Wolf around this time (1904), it is named after a female character in opera, in this case from Richard Wagner's Parsifal .

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    References

    1. "553 Kundry (1904 PP)". JPL Small-Body Database . NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory . Retrieved 5 May 2016.