| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Max Wolf |
| Discovery site | Heidelberg |
| Discovery date | 24 August 1903 |
| Designations | |
| (514) Armida | |
| 1903 MB | |
| Adjectives | Armidian |
| Orbital characteristics[1] | |
| Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 112.50 yr (41092 d) |
| Aphelion | 3.1722 AU (474.55 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 2.9197 AU (436.78 Gm) |
| 3.0460 AU (455.68 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.041442 |
| 5.32yr (1941.7d) | |
| 52.051° | |
| 0° 11m 7.44s / day | |
| Inclination | 3.8766° |
| 268.633° | |
| 107.727° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 53.085±1.9km | |
| 21.851 h (0.9105 d) | |
| 0.0379±0.003 | |
| 9.04 | |
514 Armida is aminor planet orbiting theSun. According to theCatalogue of Minor Planet Names and Discovery Circumstances, it is "named for the beautiful legendary sorceress inTorquato Tasso’s (1544–1595)Jerusalem Delivered. She is the leading character in the operaArmida (composed 1777) byChristoph Willibald Gluck (1714–1787)."[2] (Numerous other composers have written "Armida" operas; seeArmida.)
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