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529 Preziosa

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Discovered by
  
Alternative names
  
1904 NT

Aphelion
  
3.3078 AU (494.84 Gm)

Discovered
  
20 March 1904

Discoverer
  
Asteroid group
  
Asteroid belt

Discovery date
  
20 March 1904

Observation arc
  
113.30 yr (41382 d)

Perihelion
  
2.7246 AU (407.59 Gm)

Orbits
  
Asteroid family
  
Discovery site
  
Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory

Similar
  
528 Rezia, 509 Iolanda, 540 Rosamunde, 417 Suevia, 908 Buda

529 Preziosa is a minor planet orbiting the Sun that was discovered by German astronomer Max Wolf on March 20, 1904 from Heidelberg.

This is a member of the dynamic Eos family of asteroids that were probably formed as the result of a collisional breakup of a parent body.

The name is that of the protagonist of one of Miguel de Cervantes' Exemplary Novels. It is possible, since this was a period when Wolf habitually named his comets after operatic heroines, that he specifically had in mind the Preziosa in the eponymous opera by Antonio Smareglia.

References

529 Preziosa Wikipedia


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