555 Norma

555 Norma
Discovery
Discovered by M. F. Wolf
Discovery site Heidelberg
Discovery date 14 January 1905
Designations
1905 PT
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 110.96 yr (40528 d)
Aphelion 3.6658 AU (548.40 Gm)
Perihelion 2.7107 AU (405.51 Gm)
3.1882 AU (476.95 Gm)
Eccentricity 0.14978
5.69 yr (2079.3 d)
274.488°
 10m 23.268s / day
Inclination 2.6461°
130.435°
356.413°
Earth MOID 1.72456 AU (257.991 Gm)
Jupiter MOID 1.40251 AU (209.813 Gm)
Jupiter Tisserand parameter 3.178
Physical characteristics
Mean radius
20.055±0.75 km
19.55 h (0.815 d)
0.0632±0.005
10.8

    555 Norma is a Themistian asteroid. As with a number of asteroids discovered by M. F. Wolf in the early 20th century, it is named for a female character in opera, the title character of Bellini's Norma.

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