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693 Zerbinetta
Discovery
Discovered by	August Kopff
Discovery site	Heidelberg
Discovery date	21 September 1909
Designations
MPC designation	(693) Zerbinetta
Alternative designations	1909 HN, 1949 QB, 1949 SW1, 1952 DR3
Orbital characteristics
Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc	38866 days (106.41 yr)
Aphelion	3.0369 AU (454.31 Gm)
Perihelion	2.8506 AU (426.44 Gm)
Semi-major axis	2.9438 AU (440.39 Gm)
Eccentricity	0.031644
Orbital period (sidereal)	5.05 yr (1844.8 d)
Mean anomaly	101.77°
Mean motion	0° 11 42.504 / day
Inclination	14.195°
Longitude of ascending node	351.875°
Argument of perihelion	288.790°
Physical characteristics
Mean radius	33.83 ± 0.65 km
Synodic rotation period	11.475 h (0.4781 d)
Geometric albedo	0.0683 ± 0.003
Absolute magnitude (H)	9.5

693 Zerbinetta is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. It was discovered on 21 September 1909 by August Kopff in Heidelberg and named after a character in Richard Strauss' opera Ariadne auf Naxos.

Between 2003 and 2022, 693 Zerbinetta was observed to occult seventeen stars.

References

^ "693 Zerbinetta (1909 HN)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
"Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 18 May 2015.

Further reading

Behrend, R. "Asteroids and comets rotation curves, CdR – 693 Zerbinetta". Observatoire de Genève.
Chiorny, V. G.; Shevchenko, V. G.; Krugly, Yu. N.; Velichko, F. P.; Gaftonyuk, N. M. (2007). "Photometry of asteroids: Lightcurves of 24 asteroids obtained in 1993–2005". Planetary and Space Science. 55 (7–8): 986. Bibcode:2007P&SS...55..986C. doi:10.1016/j.pss.2007.01.001.

External links

ASTROMETRIC UPDATE: OCCULTATION BY (693) ZERBINETTA - 2014 APR 23
ASTROMETRIC UPDATE: OCCULTATION BY (693) ZERBINETTA - 2014 Sep 30
693 Zerbinetta at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
- Ephemeris · Observation prediction · Orbital info · Proper elements · Observational info
693 Zerbinetta at the JPL Small-Body Database
- Close approach · Discovery · Ephemeris · Orbit viewer · Orbit parameters · Physical parameters

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