242 Kriemhild

242 Kriemhild

A three-dimensional model of 242 Kriemhild based on its light curve.
Discovery
Discovered by Johann Palisa
Discovery date 22 September 1884
Designations
Named after
Kriemhild
Main belt
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 131.23 yr (47931 d)
Aphelion 3.2036 AU (479.25 Gm)
Perihelion 2.52045 AU (377.054 Gm)
2.86202 AU (428.152 Gm)
Eccentricity 0.11935
4.84 yr (1768.5 d)
351.010°
 12m 12.823s / day
Inclination 11.351°
206.940°
279.764°
Earth MOID 1.56409 AU (233.985 Gm)
Jupiter MOID 1.9643 AU (293.86 Gm)
Jupiter Tisserand parameter 3.262
Physical characteristics
Dimensions 38.90±2.1 km
4.5478 h (0.18949 d)
0.2440±0.029
9.3

    242 Kriemhild is a main belt asteroid that was discovered by Austrian astronomer Johann Palisa on September 22, 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, retrieved 12 May 2016.
    2. "Numbered Minor Planets 1–5000", Discovery Circumstances, IAU Minor Planet center, 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, Bibcode:2007MPBu...34...59D.

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