Discovered by Max Wolf Alternative names 1917 CJ Aphelion 2.9230 AU (437.27 Gm) Discovered 22 July 1917 Discoverer Max Wolf Asteroid family Maria family | Discovery date 22 July 1917 Observation arc 98.74 yr (36066 days) Perihelion 2.1433 AU (320.63 Gm) Orbits Sun Named after Ricarda Huch | |
Discovery site Landessternwarte Heidelberg-Königstuhl Similar 528 Rezia, 509 Iolanda, 540 Rosamunde, 807 Ceraskia, 889 Erynia | ||
879 Ricarda is a minor planet orbiting the Sun that was discovered by German astronomer Max Wolf on July 22, 1917.
This is a member of the dynamic Maria family of asteroids that most likely formed as the result of a collisional breakup of a parent body.
It is named after German intellectual Ricarda Huch. Main-belt asteroid 8847 Huch is also named after her.
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