(552) Sigelinde
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Asteroid (552) Sigelinde |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Outer main belt |
| Major semi-axis | 3.15 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.087 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.876 AU - 3.424 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 7.7 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 267 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 349.4 ° |
| Time of passage of the perihelion | August 5, 2008 |
| Sidereal period | 5 a 216 d |
| Mean orbital velocity | 16.8 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 77.56 km |
| Albedo | 0.0510 |
| Rotation period | 17 h 9 min |
| Absolute brightness | 9.4 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Max Wolf |
| Date of discovery | December 14, 1904 |
| Another name | 1904 PO, 1941 MG |
| 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. | |
(552) Sigelinde is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered on December 14, 1904 by the German astronomer Max Wolf in Heidelberg .
The asteroid was named after a character from Richard Wagner's opera Die Walküre .