574 Reginhild

Reginhild (minor planet designation: 574 Reginhild) is a minor planet orbiting the Sun that was discovered by German astronomer Max Wolf on September 19, 1905. The name may have been inspired by the asteroid's provisional designation 1905 RD.

574 Reginhild
Discovery
Discovered byM. F. Wolf
Discovery siteHeidelberg
Discovery date19 September 1905
Designations
(574) Reginhild
PronunciationGerman: [ˈʁeːɡɪnhɪlt]
1905 RD
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc109.81 yr (40109 d)
Aphelion2.7924 AU (417.74 Gm)
Perihelion1.7120 AU (256.11 Gm)
2.2522 AU (336.92 Gm)
Eccentricity0.23985
3.38 yr (1234.6 d)
249.806°
0° 17m 29.76s / day
Inclination5.6840°
336.810°
76.710°
Physical characteristics
Mean radius
3.73±0.25 km
14.339 h (0.5975 d)[1][2]
0.3819±0.057
12.30

    Photometric observations of this asteroid at the Organ Mesa Observatory in Las Cruces, New Mexico during 2010 gave a light curve with a period of 14.339 ± 0.001 hours and a brightness variation of 0.17 ± 0.02 in magnitude. The light curve shows three uneven minimums and maximums per rotation cycle.[2]

    References

    1. Yeomans, Donald K., "574 Reginhild", JPL Small-Body Database Browser, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, retrieved 5 May 2016.
    2. Pilcher, Frederick (April 2011), "Rotation Period Determinations for 25 Phocaea, 140 Siwa, 149 Medusa 186 Celuta, 475 Ocllo, 574 Reginhild, and 603 Timandra", The Minor Planet Bulletin, vol. 38, no. 2, pp. 76–78, Bibcode:2011MPBu...38...76P.


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