558 Carmen

Main-base asteroid

Carmen (minor planet designation: 558 Carmen) is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. As with a number of asteroids discovered by Max Wolf, it is named after a female character in opera, in this case the title character of Bizet's Carmen. This is classified as an M-type asteroid that spans a girth of approximately 59 km. The near infrared spectrum of this object is described as featureless. Some evidence for iron-poor orthopyroxenes on the surface has been reported.[2]

References

  1. ^ "558 Carmen (1905 QB)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
  2. ^ Gil-Hutton, Ricardo (April 1998), "Photometry of Asteroids 558 Carmen, 613 Ginevra, and 1124 Stroobantia", Revista Mexicana de Astronomía y Astrofísica, 34: 9–11, Bibcode:1998RMxAA..34....9G.

External links

  • 558 Carmen at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
    • Ephemeris · Observation prediction · Orbital info · Proper elements · Observational info
  • 558 Carmen at the JPL Small-Body Database Edit this at Wikidata
    • Close approach · Discovery · Ephemeris · Orbit diagram · Orbital elements · Physical parameters
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