Discovered by Max Wolf Alternative names 1903 MB Aphelion 3.1722 AU (474.55 Gm) Discovered 24 August 1903 Orbits Sun Asteroid group Asteroid belt | Discovery date 24 August 1903 Observation arc 112.50 yr (41092 d) Perihelion 2.9197 AU (436.78 Gm) Inclination 3.8766° Discoverer Max Wolf | |
Discovery site Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory Similar 509 Iolanda, 417 Suevia, 528 Rezia, 540 Rosamunde, 908 Buda | ||
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)." (Numerous other composers have written "Armida" operas; see Armida.)
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