219 Thusnelda
Discovery | |
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Discovered by | Johann Palisa |
Discovery date | September 30, 1880 |
Designations | |
Named after | Thusnelda |
Main belt | |
Orbital characteristics | |
Epoch 30 January 2005 (JD 2453400.5) | |
Aphelion | 2.882 AU |
Perihelion | 1.827 AU |
2.354 AU | |
Eccentricity | 0.224 |
1319.348 d (3.61 a) | |
Average orbital speed | 19.41 km/s |
172.822° | |
Inclination | 10.841° |
200.964° | |
142.081° | |
Physical characteristics | |
Dimensions | 38.279[1] km |
29.842 h | |
Albedo | 0.2214 ± 0.0471[1] |
Spectral type | S[1] (Tholen) |
9.34[1] | |
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219 Thusnelda is a typical S-type Main belt asteroid. It was discovered by Johann Palisa on September 30, 1880 in Pola and was named after Thusnelda, wife of Germanic warrior Arminius.
In 1982, the asteroid was observed using photometry from the La Silla Observatory to generate a composite light curve. The resulting data showed a rotation period of 1.24 days (29.8 h) with a brightness variation of 0.2 in magnitude.[2]
References
- 1 2 3 4 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.
- ↑ Lagerkvist, C.-I.; Kamel, L. (December 1982), "Physical studies of asteroids. X - Photoelectric light curves of the asteroids 219 and 512", Moon and the Planets 27: 463–466, Bibcode:1982M&P....27..463L, doi:10.1007/BF00929999.
External links
- The Asteroid Orbital Elements Database
- Minor Planet Discovery Circumstances
- Asteroid Lightcurve Data File
- 219 Thusnelda at the JPL Small-Body Database
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