Discovered by M. F. Wolf Alternative names 1905 QG Aphelion 3.5428 AU (530.00 Gm) Discovered 26 March 1905 Discoverer Max Wolf Asteroid group Asteroid belt | Discovery date 26 March 1905 Observation arc 110.90 yr (40505 d) Perihelion 2.8069 AU (419.91 Gm) Orbits Sun Asteroid family Themis family | |
Discovery site Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory Similar 528 Rezia, 509 Iolanda, 540 Rosamunde, 417 Suevia, 484 Pittsburghia | ||
561 Ingwelde is a Themistian asteroid. In light of Max Wolf's practice ca. 1905 of naming his discoveries after operatic heroines, it is most likely named after the title character of Ingwelde, an opera by Max von Schillings premiered in Karlsruhe in 1894.
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