219 Thusnelda
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| Discovery | |
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| Discovered by | Johann Palisa |
| Discovery date | September 30, 1880 |
| Designations | |
| Named after | Thusnelda |
| Minor planet category | Main belt |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch 30 January 2005 (JD 2453400.5) | |
| Aphelion | 431.075 Gm (2.882 AU) |
| Perihelion | 273.296 Gm (1.827 AU) |
| Semi-major axis | 352.186 Gm (2.354 AU) |
| Eccentricity | 0.224 |
| Orbital period | 1319.348 d (3.61 a) |
| Average orbital speed | 19.41 km/s |
| Mean anomaly | 172.822° |
| Inclination | 10.841° |
| Longitude of ascending node | 200.964° |
| Argument of perihelion | 142.081° |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 38.279[1] km |
| Rotation period | 29.842 h |
| Albedo | 0.2214 ± 0.0471[1] |
| Spectral type | S[1] (Tholen) |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 9.34[1] |
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219 Thusnelda is a typical Main belt asteroid. It is classified as a S-type asteroid.
It was discovered by Johann Palisa on September 30, 1880 in Pola and was named after Thusnelda, wife of Germanic warrior Arminius.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Pravec, P. et al. (May 2012), "Absolute Magnitudes of Asteroids and a Revision of Asteroid Albedo Estimates from WISE Thermal Observations", Asteroids, Comets, Meteors 2012, Proceedings of the conference held May 16-20, 2012 in Niigata, Japan (1667), Bibcode:2012LPICo1667.6089P. See Table 4.
External links
- The Asteroid Orbital Elements Database
- Minor Planet Discovery Circumstances
- Asteroid Lightcurve Data File
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