514 Armida is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. According to the Catalogue of Minor Planet Names and Discovery Circumstances, it is "named for the beautiful legendary sorceress in Torquato Tasso’s (1544–1595) Jerusalem Delivered. She is the leading character in the opera Armida (composed 1777) by Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714–1787)."[2] (Numerous other composers have written "Armida" operas; see Armida.)
armida, minor, planet, orbiting, according, catalogue, minor, planet, names, discovery, circumstances, named, beautiful, legendary, sorceress, torquato, tasso, 1544, 1595, jerusalem, delivered, leading, character, opera, armida, composed, 1777, christoph, will. 514 Armida is a minor planet orbiting the Sun According to the Catalogue of Minor Planet Names and Discovery Circumstances it is named for the beautiful legendary sorceress in Torquato Tasso s 1544 1595 Jerusalem Delivered She is the leading character in the opera Armida composed 1777 by Christoph Willibald Gluck 1714 1787 2 Numerous other composers have written Armida operas see Armida 514 ArmidaDiscoveryDiscovered byMax WolfDiscovery siteHeidelbergDiscovery date24 August 1903DesignationsMPC designation 514 ArmidaAlternative designations1903 MBAdjectivesArmidianOrbital characteristics 1 Epoch 31 July 2016 JD 2457600 5 Uncertainty parameter 0Observation arc112 50 yr 41092 d Aphelion3 1722 AU 474 55 Gm Perihelion2 9197 AU 436 78 Gm Semi major axis3 0460 AU 455 68 Gm Eccentricity0 041442Orbital period sidereal 5 32 yr 1941 7 d Mean anomaly52 051 Mean motion0 11m 7 44s dayInclination3 8766 Longitude of ascending node268 633 Argument of perihelion107 727 Physical characteristicsMean radius53 085 1 9 kmSynodic rotation period21 851 h 0 9105 d Geometric albedo0 0379 0 003Absolute magnitude H 9 04References edit 514 Armida 1903 MB JPL Small Body Database NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Retrieved 6 May 2016 ChronologyExternal links editLightcurve plot of 514 Armida Antelope Hills Observatory 514 Armida at AstDyS 2 Asteroids Dynamic Site Ephemeris Observation prediction Orbital info Proper elements Observational info 514 Armida at the JPL Small Body Database nbsp Close approach Discovery Ephemeris Orbit diagram Orbital elements Physical parameters nbsp This article about an asteroid native to the asteroid belt is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 514 Armida amp oldid 1191444401, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,