549 Jessonda Explained

Minorplanet:yes
Background:
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549 Jessonda
Mpc Name:(549) Jessonda
Pronounced:in German jɛsɔndaː/
Alt Names:1904 PK
Discovered:15 November 1904
Epoch:31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Eccentricity:0.25839
Semimajor:2.6832AU
Perihelion:1.9899AU
Aphelion:3.3765abbr=onNaNabbr=on
Period:4.40 yr (1605.3 d)
Inclination:3.9605°
Asc Node:291.421°
Arg Peri:158.166°
Mean Motion: / day
Orbit Ref:[1]
Observation Arc:111.42 yr (40695 d)
Uncertainty:0
Abs Magnitude:11.01
Rotation:2.962abbr=onNaNabbr=on
Mean Radius: km

549 Jessonda is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. According to the Catalogue of Minor Planet Names and Discovery Circumstances, it is "named presumably after the character in the opera of the same name by the German composer, conductor and violinist Ludwig Spohr (1784-1859), one of the leading composers in the early romantic period.'[2] (Around 1904 Max Wolf named numerous asteroids he had discovered after female characters in opera.)

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: 549 Jessonda (1904 PK) . . . 5 May 2016.
  2. http://download.springer.com/static/pdf/248/prt:978-3-540-29925-7/2.pdf?originUrl=http://link.springer.com/referenceworkentry/10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_2&token2=exp=1465431120~acl=/static/pdf/248/prt%3A978-3-540-29925-7%2F2.pdf?originUrl=http://link.springer.com/referenceworkentry/10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_2*~hmac=d91d9196d36cb91f5da79304946f994807c2a48811e69651a35f2ea90fb464fd Accessed on line