666 Desdemona

For the moon of Uranus, see Desdemona (moon).

666 Desdemona
Discovery[1]
Discovered byA. Kopff
Discovery siteHeidelberg Obs.
Discovery date23 July 1908
Designations
(666) Desdemona
Pronunciation/dɛzdɪˈmoʊnə/[2]
Named after
Desdemona
(character in Othello)[3]
1908 DM
main-belt · (middle)
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 16 February 2017 (JD 2457800.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc107.90 yr (39,410 days)
Aphelion3.2102 AU
Perihelion1.9755 AU
2.5928 AU
Eccentricity0.2381
4.18 yr (1,525 days)
309.91°
0° 14m 9.96s / day
Inclination7.5856°
215.41°
174.16°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions27.04±1.0 km (IRAS:17)[4]
27.22 km (derived)[5]
27.37±0.71 km[6]
31.485±0.116 km[7]
32.74±0.37 km[8]
13.52±0.5 km
9.6 h[9][a]
14.607±0.004 h[10]
15.45±0.01 h[11]
0.095±0.015[8]
0.1026±0.0207[7]
0.105±0.006[6]
0.1055±0.008 (IRAS:17)[4]
0.1372 (derived)[5]
S[5]
10.6[1][5][7][8] · 10.90[4][6]

666 Desdemona is a stony asteroid from the middle region of the asteroid belt, approximately 29 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 23 July 1908, by German astronomer August Kopff at Heidelberg Observatory in southern Germany, and named after Desdemona, character in Shakespeare's The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice. The name may have been inspired by the asteroid's provisional designation 1908 DM.[3][12]

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