(557) Violetta

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Asteroid
(557) Violetta
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Orbit type Inner main belt
Major semi-axis 2,443  AU
eccentricity 0.099
Perihelion - aphelion 2.201 AU - 2.685 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 2.5 °
Length of the ascending node 292.9 °
Argument of the periapsis 194.8 °
Time of passage of the perihelion November 30, 2011
Sidereal period 3 a 299 d
Mean orbital velocity 19.0 km / s
Physical Properties
Medium diameter approx. 23 km
Rotation period 5 h 5 min
Absolute brightness 12.1 mag
history
Explorer Max Wolf
Date of discovery January 26, 1905
Another name 1905 PY, 1932 EH 1 , 1947 CD
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(557) Violetta is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 26 January 1905 by German astronomer Max Wolf in Heidelberg was discovered.

The asteroid was after a character in the opera La traviata by Giuseppe Verdi named.

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