Rebekka (
minor planet designation
A formal minor-planet designation is, in its final form, a number–name combination given to a minor planet (asteroid, centaur, trans-Neptunian object and dwarf planet but not comet). Such designation always features a leading number (catalog or ...
: 572 Rebekka) is a
minor planet
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orbiting the
Sun, which was discovered on September 19, 1905, by a German astronomer
Paul Götz in
Heidelberg
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. It was named after a young lady from Heidelberg, and may have been inspired by the asteroid's provisional designation ''1905 RB''.
Observations performed at the Palmer Divide Observatory in
Colorado Springs, Colorado
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during 2007 produced a
light curve with a period of 5.656 ± 0.002 hours with a brightness range of 0.40 ± 0.02 in
magnitude. This agrees with the 5.65 hour period measured in 1998.
References
External links
Lightcurve plot of 572 Rebekka Palmer Divide Observatory,
B. D. Warner (2007)
Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB) query form
)
Dictionary of Minor Planet Names Google books
– Observatoire de Genève, Raoul Behrend
– Minor Planet Center
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Background asteroids
Rebekka
Rebekka
XDC-type asteroids (Tholen)
C-type asteroids (SMASS)
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