Discovered by M. F. Wolf Observation arc 111.31 yr (40655 d) Perihelion 1.9843 AU (296.85 Gm) Orbits Sun Asteroid family Flora family | Discovery date 27 December 1904 Aphelion 2.4766 AU (370.49 Gm) Discovered 27 December 1904 Discoverer Max Wolf Asteroid group Asteroid belt | |
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Alternative names 1904 PP; 1932 CL;
1957 UB Discovery site Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory Max Wolf discoveries 540 Rosamunde, 528 Rezia, 509 Iolanda | ||
553 Kundry is an S-type asteroid[1] belonging to the Flora family in the Main Belt. Its rotation period is 12.605 hours[2].
Like a number of asteroids discovered by Max Wolf around this time, it is named after a female character in opera, in this case Richard Wagner's Parsifal.
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