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547 Praxedis
Main-belt asteroid
Main-belt asteroid
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| minorplanet | yes |
| name | 547 Praxedis |
| background | #D6D6D6 |
| discovery_ref | |
| discoverer | P. Götz |
| discovery_site | Heidelberg Obs. |
| discovered | 14 October 1904 |
| mpc_name | (547) Praxedis |
| alt_names | 1904 PB |
| pronounced | (Πραξηδίς) |
| named_after | Novel character |
| (Joseph Victor von Scheffel) | |
| mp_category | main-belt(middle) |
| Postrema | |
| orbit_ref | |
| epoch | 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5) |
| uncertainty | 0 |
| observation_arc | 112.72 yr (41,171 days) |
| aphelion | 3.4304 AU |
| perihelion | 2.1237 AU |
| semimajor | 2.7770 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.2353 |
| period | 4.63 yr (1,690 days) |
| mean_anomaly | 161.79° |
| mean_motion | / day |
| inclination | 16.899° |
| asc_node | 193.21° |
| arg_peri | 195.64° |
| dimensions | km |
| rotation | 9.105 h |
| albedo | |
| spectral_type | Tholen XD: |
| SMASS Xk | |
| B–V 0.761 | |
| U–B 0.254 | |
| abs_magnitude | 9.52 |
(Joseph Victor von Scheffel) Postrema SMASS Xk B–V 0.761 U–B 0.254
547 Praxedis, provisional designation , is a Postremian asteroid from the central regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 52 kilometers in diameter.
Description
The asteroid was discovered on 14 October 1904, by astronomer Paul Götz at the Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory in southwest Germany. It was named from literature after the character "Praxedis" in Joseph Victor von Scheffel's historical romance Ekkehard (1855). The official naming citation was mentioned in The Names of the Minor Planets by Paul Herget in 1955 (H 58).
Praxedis is a member of the Postrema family (541), a mid-sized central asteroid family of little more than 100 members. It orbits the Sun in the central main-belt at a distance of 2.1–3.4 AU once every 4 years and 8 months (1,690 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.24 and an inclination of 17° with respect to the ecliptic.
In the Tholen classification, Praxedis has an ambiguous spectral type, closest to an X-type and somewhat similar to that of a darker D-type asteroid. In the SMASS classification it is a Xk-subtype that transitions from the X- to the rare K-type asteroids. According to the survey carried out by NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, Praxedis measures 52.462 kilometers in diameter and its surface has an albedo of 0.101.
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