560 Delila
Delila (minor planet designation: 560 Delila) is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. It was named after the biblical character Delilah in Saint-Saëns's opera Samson et Dalila, which was first performed in German translation.
Discovery | |
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Discovered by | M. F. Wolf |
Discovery site | Heidelberg |
Discovery date | 13 March 1905 |
Designations | |
(560) Delila | |
Pronunciation | /dɛˈlaɪlə/,[1] German: [deːliːlaː] |
1905 QF | |
Orbital characteristics[2] | |
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
Observation arc | 111.10 yr (40580 d) |
Aphelion | 3.1947 AU (477.92 Gm) |
Perihelion | 2.3053 AU (344.87 Gm) |
2.7500 AU (411.39 Gm) | |
Eccentricity | 0.16171 |
4.56 yr (1665.7 d) | |
187.50° | |
0° 12m 58.032s / day | |
Inclination | 8.4698° |
105.351° | |
3.8614° | |
Physical characteristics | |
Mean radius | 18.62±0.65 km |
29.913 h (1.2464 d) | |
0.0733±0.005 | |
11.0 | |
References
- 'Delilah' in Noah Webster (1884) A Practical Dictionary of the English Language
- "560 Delila (1905 QF)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
External links
- 560 Delila at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
- 560 Delila at the JPL Small-Body Database
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