Astronomy:242 Kriemhild

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Short description: Main belt asteroid
242 Kriemhild
242Kriemhild (Lightcurve Inversion).png
A three-dimensional model of 242 Kriemhild based on its light curve.
Discovery
Discovered byJohann Palisa
Discovery date22 September 1884
Designations
(242) Kriemhild
PronunciationGerman: [ˈkʁiːmhɪlt]
Named afterKriemhild
A884 SA
Minor planet categoryMain belt
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc131.23 yr (47931 d)
|{{{apsis}}}|helion}}3.2036 astronomical unit|AU (479.25 Gm)
|{{{apsis}}}|helion}}2.52045 AU (377.054 Gm)
2.86202 AU (428.152 Gm)
Eccentricity0.11935
Orbital period4.84 yr (1768.5 d)
Average Orbital speed17.6 km/s
Mean anomaly351.010°
Mean motion0° 12m 12.823s / day
Inclination11.351°
Longitude of ascending node206.940°
279.764°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions38.90±2.1 km
Rotation period4.5478 h (0.18949 d)
Geometric albedo0.2440±0.029
Absolute magnitude (H)9.3


Kriemhild (minor planet designation: 242 Kriemhild) is a main belt asteroid that was discovered by Austrian astronomer Johann Palisa on 22 September 1884 in Vienna[2] and was named after Kriemhild, a mythological Germanic princess, by Moriz von Kuffner, a Viennese industrialist and sponsor of astronomy.

Photometric observations of this asteroid at the Oakley Observatory in Terre Haute, Indiana, during 2006 gave a light curve with a period of 4.558 ± 0.003 hours and a brightness variation of 0.15 ± 0.02 in magnitude.[3]

References

  1. Yeomans, Donald K., "242 Kriemhild", JPL Small-Body Database Browser (NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory), https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=242, retrieved 12 May 2016. 
  2. "Numbered Minor Planets 1–5000", Discovery Circumstances (IAU Minor Planet center), https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/iau/lists/NumberedMPs000001.html, retrieved 2013-04-07. 
  3. Ditteon, Richard; Hawkins, Scot (September 2007), "Asteroid Lightcurve Analysis at the Oakley Observatory - October-November 2006", The Minor Planet Bulletin 34 (3): pp. 59–64, Bibcode2007MPBu...34...59D. 

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