555 Norma

Norma (minor planet designation: 555 Norma), provisional designation 1905 PT, is a background asteroid from the outer regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 33 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 14 January 1905, by German astronomer Max Wolf at Heidelberg Observatory in southwest Germany.[17] The asteroid was named after the title character of Bellini's opera Norma.[3]

555 Norma
Discovery [1]
Discovered byM. F. Wolf
Discovery siteHeidelberg Obs.
Discovery date14 January 1905
Designations
(555) Norma
PronunciationItalian: [ˈnɔrma][2]
Named after
Norma
(character in Bellini's opera)[3]
1905 PT · 1928 FS
1939 BA · 1950 CC
1954 UH2 · 1968 HE1
main-belt · (outer) · background [4]
Orbital characteristics [1]
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc112.20 yr (40,981 days)
Aphelion3.6636 AU
Perihelion2.7105 AU
3.1870 AU
Eccentricity0.1495
5.69 yr (2,078 days)
343.66°
0° 10m 23.52s / day
Inclination2.6462°
130.43°
356.51°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions27.89±0.68 km[5]
31.040±0.150 km[6]
31.80±0.58 km[7]
32.541±0.215 km[8]
33±3 km[9]
33.0±3.3 km[10]
40.02 km (derived)[4]
40.11±1.5 km[11]
19.508±0.002 h[12]
19.55±0.01 h[13]
30.6±0.5 h[14]
0.0528 (derived)[4]
0.0632±0.005[11]
0.08±0.02[10]
0.09±0.02[9]
0.0962±0.0150[8]
0.101±0.004[7]
0.119±0.018[5]
SMASS = B [1] · B [9][15]
C [4]
10.37±0.26[16] · 10.6[7][8][11] · 10.70[5][9] · 10.8[1][4][10]

    Classification and orbit

    Norma is a background asteroid, located near the region occupied by the Themis family, a prominent family of outer-belt asteroids with nearly coplanar ecliptical orbits. It orbits the Sun at a distance of 2.7–3.7 AU once every 5 years and 8 months (2,078 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.15 and an inclination of 3° with respect to the ecliptic.[1] The body's observation arc begins at Heidelberg in March 1911, more than six years after its official discovery observation.[17]

    Physical characteristics

    Spectral type

    In the SMASS classification, Norma is a B-type asteroid. These types of asteroids have a featureless surface that displays magnesium-rich silicates, which likely accounts for the relatively high albedo as an outer-belt asteroid. Norma surface consists of more than 50% amorphous magnesium pyroxenes based on data collected with the Subaru Telescope.[15]

    Photometry

    In April 2007, a first rotational lightcurve of Norma was obtained from photometric observations by French amateur astronomer Pierre Antonini. Lightcurve analysis gave a rotation period of 30.6 hours with a brightness variation of 0.2 magnitude (U=2).[14] However more recent observations by two American astronomers have since superseded this result.

    In December 2011, Robert Stephens at the Santana Observatory (646) obtained a lightcurve that gave a period 19.55 hours and a brightness amplitude of 0.06 magnitude (U=2+), while Frederick Pilcher measured a period of 19.508 hours with an amplitude of 0.25 at the Organ Mesa Observatory (G50) in November 2016.[12][13]

    Diameter and albedo

    According to the surveys carried out by the Infrared Astronomical Satellite IRAS, the Japanese Akari satellite, and NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer with its subsequent NEOWISE mission, Norma measures between 27.89 and 40.11 kilometers in diameter and its surface has an albedo of between 0.063 and 0.119.[5][6][7][8][9][10][11]

    The Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link (CALL) agrees with IRAS, and derives an albedo of 0.0528 and a diameter of 40.02 kilometers based on an absolute magnitude of 10.8. CALL also assumes Norma to be a C-type asteroid (rather than a B-type) due to its derived low albedo and the general spectral type of the Themis family.[4]

    Naming

    This minor planet was named for the principal female character of the opera Norma by Italian composer Vincenzo Bellini (1801–1835). In the opera, Norma is a high priestess of the Druids. In 1955, the official naming citation was published by Paul Herget in The Names of the Minor Planets (H 59)[3]

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