1012 Sarema

1012 Sarema
Modelled shape of Sarema from its lightcurve
Discovery[1]
Discovered byK. Reinmuth
Discovery siteHeidelberg Obs.
Discovery date12 January 1924
Designations
(1012) Sarema
Named after
Sarema[2]
(character in opera/poem)
1924 PM · 1942 VC1
1954 XL · 1954 YF
A907 VQ · A907 WA
A924 AD
main-belt · Nysa[3]
background [4]
Orbital characteristics[5]
Epoch 23 March 2018 (JD 2458200.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc110.21 yr (40,255 d)
Aphelion2.8132 AU
Perihelion2.1460 AU
2.4796 AU
Eccentricity0.1345
3.90 yr (1,426 d)
45.983°
0° 15m 8.64s / day
Inclination4.0321°
73.188°
24.805°
Physical characteristics
16.06±5.63 km[6]
17.228±5.264 km[7]
18.18±5.40 km[8]
20.905±0.122 km[9]
21.12±1.3 km[10]
21.13 km (derived)[3]
21.144±0.115 km[11]
22.96±0.49 km[12]
10.30708 h[13][14]
10.32 h[15]
0.0342±0.0046[11]
0.037±0.002[12]
0.0430±0.006[10]
0.0450 (derived)[3]
0.049±0.003[9]
0.0634±0.0412[7]
0.07±0.04[6]
0.07±0.06[8]
Tholen = F[3][5]
B–V = 0.693[5]
U–B = 0.189[5]
12.26[8] · 12.36[3][11]
12.41[5][6][7][10][12][15]

1012 Sarema (prov. designation: A924 AD or 1924 PM) is a dark background asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 21 kilometers (13 miles) kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 12 January 1924, by German astronomer Karl Reinmuth at the Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory at Heidelberg, Germany.[1] The asteroid has a rotation period of 10.3 hours and probably an elongated shape.[3] It was named after Sarema, a character in the poem The Fountain of Bakhchisaray by Aleksandr Pushkin, and the protagonist of the opera Sarema by Alexander von Zemlinsky based upon it.[2]

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