(553) Kundry

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Asteroid
(553) Kundry
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Orbit type Inner main belt
Major semi-axis 2.231  AU
eccentricity 0.11
Perihelion - aphelion 1.985 AU - 2.477 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 5.4 °
Length of the ascending node 72.4 °
Argument of the periapsis 354.2 °
Time of passage of the perihelion June 24, 2011
Sidereal period 3 a 122 d
Mean orbital velocity 19.9 km / s
Physical Properties
Medium diameter approx. 9 km
Rotation period 12 h 36 min
Absolute brightness 12.1 mag
history
Explorer Max Wolf
Date of discovery December 27, 1904
Another name 1904 PP, 1932 CL, 1957 UB
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(553) Kundry is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 27 December 1904 by the German astronomer Max Wolf in Heidelberg was discovered.

The asteroid was named after a character from Richard Wagner's opera Parsifal .

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