530 Turandot [SEP] discoverer or inventor
530 Turandot
Turandot (minor planet designation: 530 Turandot) is a minor planet orbiting the Sun that was discovered by German astronomer Max Wolf on 11 April 1904 and named for the title character in Puccini's opera.
Photometric observations of this asteroid in 1986 gave a light curve with a period of 10.77 ± 0.03 hours and a brightness variation of 0.13 ± 0.02 in magnitude. The curve is asymmetrical with dual maxima and minima. This object has a spectrum that matches an F-type classification.
Turandot (disambiguation)
Turandot is a 1926 opera by Giacomo Puccini. 
Other works of that title include:
- "Turandot" (Gozzi) (1762), play by Carlo Gozzi, and its many later adaptations
- Turandot Suite (1904-5), orchestral suite by Ferruccio Busoni
- "Turandot" (Busoni) (1917), opera by Ferruccio Busoni
- "Turandot" (Brecht) (1953/54), play by Bertolt Brecht
See also.
- 530 Turandot,