| Minorplanet | yes |
|---|---|
| Background |
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| Mpc name | (514) Armida |
| Alt names | 1903 MB |
| Adjective | Armidian |
| Discoverer | Max Wolf |
| Discovered | 24 August 1903 |
| Discovery site | Heidelberg |
| Epoch | 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) |
| Eccentricity | 0.041442 |
| Semimajor | 3.0460 AU (455.68 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 2.9197 AU (436.78 Gm) |
| Aphelion | 3.1722 AU (474.55 Gm) |
| Period | 5.32 yr (1941.7 d) |
| Inclination | 3.8766° |
| Asc node | 268.633° |
| Arg peri | 107.727° |
| Mean anomaly | 52.051° |
| Mean motion | / day |
| Observation arc | 112.50 yr (41092 d) |
| Uncertainty | 0 |
| Abs magnitude | 9.04 |
| Rotation | 21.851 h |
| Albedo | 0.0379 ± 0.003 |
| Mean radius | 53.085 ± 1.9 km |
514 Armida is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. According to the Catalogue of Minor Planet Names and Discovery Circumstances, it is "named for the beautiful legendary sorceress in Torquato Tasso’s (1544–1595) Jerusalem Delivered. She is the leading character in the opera Armida (composed 1777) by Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714–1787)."[1] (Numerous other composers have written "Armida" operas; see Armida.)
References
External links
- Lightcurve plot of (514) Armida, Antelope Hills Observatory
