558 Carmen Explained

Minorplanet:yes
Background:
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558 Carmen
Mpc Name:(558) Carmen
Alt Names:1905 QB
Discovered:9 February 1905
Epoch:31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Eccentricity:0.043262
Semimajor:2.9075AU
Perihelion:2.7817AU
Aphelion:3.0333abbr=onNaNabbr=on
Period:1810.8days
Inclination:8.3757°
Asc Node:143.728°
Arg Peri:311.756°
Mean Motion: / day
Observation Arc:40597days
Uncertainty:0
Abs Magnitude:9.09
Rotation:11.387abbr=onNaNabbr=on
Mean Radius: km

558 Carmen is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. As with a number of asteroids discovered by Max Wolf, it is named after a female character in opera, in this case the title character of Bizet's Carmen. This is classified as an M-type asteroid that spans a girth of approximately 59 km. The near infrared spectrum of this object is described as featureless. Some evidence for iron-poor orthopyroxenes on the surface has been reported.