1178 Irmela

1178 Irmela is an asteroid that was discovered by Max Wolf on March 13, 1931 and given a provisional designation of 1931 EC. It was named after Irmela Ruska, wife of Ernst Ruska.[1]

10ยต radiometric data collected from Kitt Peak in 1975 gave a diameter estimate of 19 kilometres (12 mi).[2]

References

  1. โ†‘ 1178 Irmela. Asteroid data at FindTheData.org. Accessed June 2, 2012.
  2. โ†‘ Morrison, D.; Chapman, C. R. (March 1976), "Radiometric diameters for an additional 22 asteroids", Astrophysical Journal 204: 934โ€“939, Bibcode:2008mgm..conf.2594S, doi:10.1142/9789812834300_0469.