752 Sulamitis Explained

Minorplanet:yes
752 Sulamitis
Background:
  1. D6D6D6
Discovery Ref: 
Discovered:30 April 1913
Mpc Name:(752) Sulamitis
Alt Names:1913 RL
Named After:Shulamite
Mp Category:main-belt 
Sulamitis 
Orbit Ref: 
Epoch:23 March 2018 (JD 2458200.5)
Uncertainty:0
Observation Arc:36894order=flipNaNorder=flip
Aphelion:2.6457lk=onNaNlk=on
Perihelion:2.2795lk=offNaNlk=off
Semimajor:2.4626lk=offNaNlk=off
Eccentricity:0.0743
Period:1412order=flipNaNorder=flip
Mean Motion: / day
Inclination:5.9617°
Asc Node:85.120°
Arg Peri:23.880°
Abs Magnitude:10.3

752 Sulamitis is an asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 60km (40miles) in diameter. It is the parent body of the Sulamitis family, a small family of 300 known carbonaceous asteroids. This asteroid is orbiting from the Sun with a period of 1412days and an eccentricity of 0.0743. The orbital plane is inclined at an angle of 5.96° to the plane of the ecliptic.

Sulamitis was discovered on 30 April 1913 by Georgian–Russian astronomer Grigory Neujmin at the Simeiz Observatory on the Crimean peninsula, and given the provisional designation . It was named after the Shulamite, a beautiful woman mentioned in the book Solomon's Song of Songs of the Old Testament. The figure is possibly the Queen of Sheba in the Hebrew Bible.

Photometric observations of this asteroid collected during 2004–2005 show a rotation period of with a brightness variation of magnitude. A hydration feature in the spectrum of 752 Sulamitis indicates the surface has undergone aqueous alteration. The same feature appears in most of its family members, suggesting the original body held water in some form.

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