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 | |
| (540) Rosamunde | |
| Pronunciation | German: [ʁoːzɐˈmʊndə] |
| 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) |
| 2.2187 AU (331.91 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.089767 |
| 3.30 yr (1207.1 d) | |
| 85.2863° | |
| 0° 17m 53.664s / day | |
| Inclination | 5.5831° |
| 202.174° | |
| 337.564° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 9.51±1.35 km | |
| 9.351 ± 0.001 h (0.389625 ± 4.2×10−5 d) | |
| 0.2426±0.088 | |
| 10.76 | |
540 Rosamunde is an S-type asteroid belonging to the Flora family in the Main Belt. Its diameter is about 19 km and it has an albedo of 0.243 . Its rotation period is 9.336 hours.
Rosamunde is named for a character in a play of the same title for which Franz Schubert wrote incidental music.