(879) Ricarda
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Asteroid (879) Ricarda |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Asteroid family | Maria family |
| Major semi-axis | 2.5309 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1546 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.1397 AU - 2.922 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 13.682 ° |
| Sidereal period | 4.026 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 18.72 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | approx. 18 km |
| Albedo | ? |
| Rotation period | ? H |
| Absolute brightness | 11.0 mag |
| Spectral class | ? |
| history | |
| Explorer | Max Wolf |
| Date of discovery | July 22, 1917 |
| Another name | 1917 CJ, 1929 ND, 1933 OR |
| 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. | |
(879) Ricarda is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered on July 22, 1917 by the German astronomer Max Wolf in Heidelberg .
The asteroid is named after the German poet and writer Ricarda Huch . Another asteroid named after Ricarda Huch is the (8847) Huch discovered in 1990 .