752 Sulamitis is an
asteroid
An asteroid is a minor planet of the inner Solar System. Sizes and shapes of asteroids vary significantly, ranging from 1-meter rocks to a dwarf planet almost 1000 km in diameter; they are rocky, metallic or icy bodies with no atmosphere.
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from the inner regions of the
asteroid belt, approximately in diameter. It is the parent body of the
Sulamitis family (),
a small
family
Family (from la, familia) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its ...
of 300 known carbonaceous asteroids.
This asteroid is orbiting from the Sun with a
period of 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.
observations of this asteroid collected during 2004–2005 show a
rotation period
The rotation period of a celestial object (e.g., star, gas giant, planet, moon, asteroid) may refer to its sidereal rotation period, i.e. the time that the object takes to complete a single revolution around its axis of rotation relative to the ...
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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Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets
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Discoveries by Grigory Neujmin
Named minor planets
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