271 Penthesilea

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271 Penthesilea
Discovery A
Discoverer Viktor Knorre
Discovery date October 13, 1887
Alternate
designations
B
Category Main belt
Orbital elements C
Epoch 30 January 2005 (JD 2453400.5)
Eccentricity (e) 0.097
Semi-major axis (a) 450.32 Gm (3.01 AU)
Perihelion (q) 406.502 Gm (2.717 AU)
Aphelion (Q) 494.138 Gm (3.303 AU)
Orbital period (P) 1907.586 d (5.22 a)
Mean orbital speed 17.17 km/s
Inclination (i) 3.537°
Longitude of the
ascending node
(Ω)
335.668°
Argument of
perihelion
(ω)
58.325°
Mean anomaly (M) 169.508°
Physical characteristics D
Dimensions 58.0 km
Mass unknown
Density unknown
Surface gravity unknown
Escape velocity unknown
Rotation period unknown
Spectral class unknown
Absolute magnitude 9.8
Albedo (geometric) unknown
Mean surface
temperature
unknown
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271 Penthesilea is a large Main belt asteroid.

It was discovered by Viktor Knorre on October 13, 1887 in Berlin.