572 Rebekka

572 Rebekka is a minor planet orbiting the Sun, which was discovered on September 19, 1905, by a German astronomer Paul Götz in Heidelberg. It was named after a young lady from Heidelberg, and may have been inspired by the asteroid's provisional designation 1905 RB.

572 Rebekka

A three-dimensional model of 572 Rebekka based on its light curve
Discovery
Discovered by	Paul Götz
Discovery site	Heidelberg
Discovery date	19 September 1905
Designations
MPC designation	(572) Rebekka
Pronunciation	/rɪˈbɛkə/[1] German: [ʁeːˈbɛkaː][2]
Alternative designations	1905 RB
Orbital characteristics[3]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc	109.81 yr (40108 d)
Aphelion	2.7789 AU (415.72 Gm)
Perihelion	2.0213 AU (302.38 Gm)
Semi-major axis	2.4001 AU (359.05 Gm)
Eccentricity	0.15782
Orbital period (sidereal)	3.72 yr (1358.1 d)
Mean anomaly	272.796°
Mean motion	0° 15m 54.252s / day
Inclination	10.580°
Longitude of ascending node	194.566°
Argument of perihelion	192.111°
Physical characteristics
Mean radius	14.815±0.45 km
Synodic rotation period	5.6497 h (0.23540 d)
Geometric albedo	0.0847±0.005
Absolute magnitude (H)	10.94

Observations performed at the Palmer Divide Observatory in Colorado Springs, Colorado during 2007 produced a light curve with a period of 5.656 ± 0.002 hours with a brightness range of 0.40 ± 0.02 in magnitude. This agrees with the 5.65 hour period measured in 1998.^[4]