(531) Zerlina
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Asteroid (531) Zerlina |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Middle main belt |
| Asteroid family | Pallas family |
| Major semi-axis | 2.786 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.199 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.233 AU - 3.339 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 34 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 197.8 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 57.5 ° |
| Time of passage of the perihelion | September 6, 2011 |
| Sidereal period | 4 a 237 d |
| Mean orbital velocity | 17.7 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 15.18 km |
| Albedo | 0.1460 |
| Rotation period | 16 h 43 min |
| Absolute brightness | 11.8 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | M. Wolf |
| Date of discovery | April 12, 1904 |
| Another name | 1904 NW, 1955 HA |
| Source: Unless otherwise stated, the data comes from JPL Small-Body Database Browser . The affiliation to an asteroid family is automatically determined from the AstDyS-2 database . Please also note the note on asteroid items. | |
(531) Zerlina is an asteroid of the main asteroid belt discovered by Max Wolf on April 12, 1904 .
The heavenly body was named after a character from Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's opera Don Giovanni .
Zerlina moves between 2.2289 ( perihelion ) astronomical units to 3.3388 astronomical units ( aphelion ) in 4.645 years around the sun . The orbit is strongly inclined towards the ecliptic at 34.011 ° , the orbit eccentricity is 0.1993.
Zerlina has a diameter of 15 km. It has a silicate surface with an albedo of 0.146.