562 Salome

562 Salome
Discovery
Discovered by	M. F. Wolf
Discovery site	Heidelberg
Discovery date	3 April 1905
Designations
MPC designation	(562) Salome
Pronunciation	/səˈloʊmiː/ (biblical); /ˈsæləmeɪ/ (operatic)
Alternative designations	1905 QH
Orbital characteristics
	Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
	Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc	111.00 yr (40542 d)
Aphelion	3.3215 AU (496.89 Gm)
Perihelion	2.7152 AU (406.19 Gm)
Semi-major axis	3.0183 AU (451.53 Gm)
Eccentricity	0.10043
Orbital period (sidereal)	5.24 yr (1915.3 d)
Mean anomaly	313.859°
Mean motion	0° 11m 16.656s / day
Inclination	11.104°
Longitude of ascending node	70.608°
Argument of perihelion	263.747°
Physical characteristics
Mean radius	15.335±0.9 km
Synodic rotation period	6.351 h (0.2646 d)
Geometric albedo	0.1967±0.026
Absolute magnitude (H)	9.95

562 Salome is a minor planet orbiting the Sun that was discovered by German astronomer Max Wolf on 3 April 1905 from Heidelberg. It is named after Salome, the daughter of Herodias who is referenced in the New Testament.^[3]

This is a member of the dynamic Eos family of asteroids that most likely formed as the result of a collisional breakup of a parent body.^[4]

References

^ Noah Webster (1884) A Practical Dictionary of the English Language
^ Yeomans, Donald K., "562 Salome", JPL Small-Body Database Browser, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, retrieved 5 May 2016.
^ In light of Wolf's propensity at the time to name asteroids after female characters in opera, it is possible that he may have had in mind the rendition of Salome in Richard Strauss's eponymous opera, which premiered in Dresden the year of discovery.
^ Veeder, G. J.; et al. (March 1995), "Eos, Koronis, and Maria family asteroids: Infrared (JHK) photometry" (PDF), Icarus, vol. 114, pp. 186–196, Bibcode:1995Icar..114..186V, CiteSeerX 10.1.1.31.2739, doi:10.1006/icar.1995.1053.

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