540 Rosamunde

540 Rosamunde
	A three-dimensional model of 540 Rosamunde based on its light curve
Discovery
Discovered by	Max Wolf
Discovery site	Heidelberg
Discovery date	3 August 1904
Designations
MPC designation	(540) Rosamunde
Pronunciation	German: [ʁoːzɐˈmʊndə]
Alternative designations	1904 ON
Orbital characteristics
	Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
	Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc	111.67 yr (40788 d)
Aphelion	2.4178 AU (361.70 Gm)
Perihelion	2.0195 AU (302.11 Gm)
Semi-major axis	2.2187 AU (331.91 Gm)
Eccentricity	0.089767
Orbital period (sidereal)	3.30 yr (1207.1 d)
Mean anomaly	85.2863°
Mean motion	0° 17m 53.664s / day
Inclination	5.5831°
Longitude of ascending node	202.174°
Argument of perihelion	337.564°
Physical characteristics
Mean radius	9.51±1.35 km
Synodic rotation period	9.351 ± 0.001 h (0.389625 ± 4.2×10−5 d)
Geometric albedo	0.2426±0.088
Absolute magnitude (H)	10.76

Rosamunde (minor planet designation: 540 Rosamunde) is an S-type asteroid^[1] belonging to the Flora family in the Main Belt.^[3] Its diameter is about 19 km and it has an albedo of 0.243 ^[2]. Its rotation period is 9.336 hours^[3].

Rosamunde is named for a character in a play of the same title for which Franz Schubert wrote incidental music.^[4]

References[]

^ (German Names)
^ "540 Rosamunde (1904 ON)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
^ ^a ^b Kryszczynska, A.; et al. (October 2012). "Do Slivan states exist in the Flora family?. I. Photometric survey of the Flora region". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 546: 51. Bibcode:2012A&A...546A..72K. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201219199. A72.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
^ Lutz D. Schmadel (2013). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 87. ISBN 978-3-662-06615-7.

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