565 Marbachia Explained

Minorplanet:yes
Background:
  1. D6D6D6
565 Marbachia
Mpc Name:(565) Marbachia
Alt Names:1905 QN
Discovered:9 May 1905
Epoch:31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Eccentricity:0.12995
Semimajor:2.4429AU
Perihelion:2.1255AU
Aphelion:2.7604abbr=onNaNabbr=on
Period:3.82 yr (1394.7 d)
Inclination:10.996°
Asc Node:225.820°
Arg Peri:291.598°
Mean Motion: / day
Orbit Ref:[1]
Observation Arc:110.91 yr (40510 d)
Uncertainty:0
Abs Magnitude:10.88
Rotation:4.587abbr=onNaNabbr=on
Mean Radius: km

565 Marbachia is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. It was named after the German city of Marbach on the river Neckar, birthplace of the writer Friedrich Schiller. This is classified as a D-type asteroid, although it displays a type of polarimetric behavior that is a characteristic of the "barbarians" class. Light curve analysis based on photometric data show a rotation period of with a brightness variation of 0.30 in magnitude.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: 565 Marbachia (1905 QN) . . . 5 May 2016.