Minor planet orbiting in the asteroid belt
573 Recha is a minor planet , specifically an asteroid orbiting in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter . The asteroid, discovered by German astronomer Max Wolf on September 19, 1905, was named after a character in Gotthold Ephraim Lessing 's play Nathan the Wise 1905 RC .
Photometric observations at the Palmer Divide Observatory in Colorado Springs, Colorado from 2001 to 2006 were used to build a light curve for this object. The asteroid displayed a rotation period of 7.15 ± 0.01 hours and a brightness variation of 0.20 ± 0.02 in magnitude .[ 3]
This is a member of the dynamic Eos family of asteroids that most likely formed as the result of a collisional breakup of a parent body.[ 4]
Between 2005 and 2022, 573 Recha has been observed to occult four stars.
References
^ 'Rechah' in Noah Webster (1884) A Practical Dictionary of the English Language
^ a b Yeomans, Donald K., "573 Recha" , JPL Small-Body Database Browser , NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory , archived from the original on 15 August 2014, retrieved 5 May 2016 . ^ a b Warner, Brian D. (January 2011), "Upon Further Review: IV. An Examination of Previous Lightcurve Analysis from the Palmer Divide Observatory", The Minor Planet Bulletin , vol. 38, no. 1, pp. 52– 54, Bibcode :2011MPBu...38...52W . ^ Veeder, G. J.; et al. (March 1995), "Eos, Koronis, and Maria family asteroids: Infrared (JHK) photometry" (PDF) , Icarus , vol. 114, pp. 186– 196, Bibcode :1995Icar..114..186V , CiteSeerX 10.1.1.31.2739 doi :10.1006/icar.1995.1053 .
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