Discovered by Max Wolf Alternative names 1904 NT Aphelion 3.3078 AU (494.84 Gm) Discovered 20 March 1904 Discoverer Max Wolf Asteroid group Asteroid belt | Discovery date 20 March 1904 Observation arc 113.30 yr (41382 d) Perihelion 2.7246 AU (407.59 Gm) Orbits Sun Asteroid family Eos 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.
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