879 Ricarda is a minor planet orbiting the Sun that was discovered by German astronomer Max Wolf on July 22, 1917.

879 Ricarda
Discovery
Discovered byMax Wolf
Discovery siteHeidelberg Observatory
Discovery date22 July 1917
Designations
(879) Ricarda
Named after
Ricarda Huch
1917 CJ
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc98.74 yr (36066 days)
Aphelion2.9230 AU (437.27 Gm)
Perihelion2.1433 AU (320.63 Gm)
2.5332 AU (378.96 Gm)
Eccentricity0.15390
4.03 yr (1472.6 d)
167.363°
0° 14m 40.056s / day
Inclination13.669°
269.958°
96.549°
Physical characteristics
82.9 h (3.45 d)
11.0

This is a member of the dynamic Maria family of asteroids that most likely formed as the result of a collisional breakup of a parent body.[2]

It is named after German intellectual Ricarda Huch. Main-belt asteroid 8847 Huch is also named after her.

References

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  1. ^ Yeomans, Donald K., "879 Ricarda", JPL Small-Body Database Browser, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, retrieved 3 May 2016.
  2. ^ 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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