541 Deborah
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Max Wolf |
| Discovery site | Heidelberg |
| Discovery date | 4 August 1904 |
| Designations | |
| (541) Deborah | |
| Pronunciation | /ˈdɛbərə/[1] |
| 1904 OO | |
| Orbital characteristics[2] | |
| Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 111.69 yr (40793 d) |
| Aphelion | 2.9569 AU (442.35 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 2.6746 AU (400.11 Gm) |
| 2.8157 AU (421.22 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.050128 |
| 4.72 yr (1725.8 d) | |
| 307.870° | |
| 0° 12m 30.96s / day | |
| Inclination | 6.0007° |
| 267.656° | |
| 357.52° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 57±2 km[3] |
| 29.368 h (1.2237 d) | |
| 0.0496±0.005 | |
| 10.1 | |
541 Deborah is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. It was discovered by Max Wolf on August 4, 1904. The semi-major axis of the orbit lies just inside the 5/2 Kirkwood gap, located at 2.824 AU.[4] It was named after the biblical character Deborah.
References
- ^ Noah Webster (1884) A Practical Dictionary of the English Language
- ^ "541 Deborah (1904 OO)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Archived from the original on 17 September 2020. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
- ^ Choukroun, A.; Marciniak, A.; Ďurech, J.; Perła, J.; Ogłoza, W.; Szakats, R.; Molnar, L.; Pal, A.; Monteiro, F. (2025). "Asteroid sizes determined with thermophysical model and stellar occultations". arXiv:2505.09437 [astro-ph.EP].
- ^ Scholl, Hans; Froeschlé, Claude (September 1975), "Asteroidal motion at the 5/2, 7/3 and 2/1 resonances", Astronomy and Astrophysics, 42 (3): 457–463, Bibcode:1975A&A....42..457S
External links
- 541 Deborah at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
- 541 Deborah at the JPL Small-Body Database