798 Ruth is a minor planet orbiting the Sun that was discovered by the German astronomer Max Wolf on 21 November 1914. It may have been named after the biblical character Ruth.[4] This main belt asteroid has an orbital period of 5.23 years and is orbiting at a distance of 3.0 AU from the Sun with an eccentricity (ovalness) of 0.036. The orbital plane is tilted by 9.2° from the plane of the ecliptic.[2]
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.[5] It is an M-type (metallic) asteroid that displays a significant component of the mineral olivine in its spectrum.[3] 798 Ruth spans 43.19±2.9 km and rotates on its axis once every 8.55 h.[2]
References
- ^ Noah Webster (1884) A Practical Dictionary of the English Language
- ^ a b c Yeomans, Donald K., "798 Ruth", JPL Small-Body Database Browser, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, archived from the original on 15 August 2014, retrieved 4 May 2016.
- ^ a b Sanchez, Juan A.; et al. (January 2014), "Olivine-dominated asteroids: Mineralogy and origin", Icarus, 228: 288–300, arXiv:1310.1080, Bibcode:2014Icar..228..288S, doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2013.10.006.
- ^ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2012), Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, p. 73, ISBN 9783642297182.
- ^ Veeder, G. J.; et al. (March 1995), "Eos, Koronis, and Maria family asteroids: Infrared (JHK) photometry" (PDF), Icarus, 114: 186–196, Bibcode:1995Icar..114..186V, CiteSeerX 10.1.1.31.2739, doi:10.1006/icar.1995.1053.
External links
- 798 Ruth at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
- 798 Ruth at the JPL Small-Body Database
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