242 Kriemhild
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A three-dimensional model of 242 Kriemhild based on its light curve.
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| Discovery | |
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| Discovered by | Johann Palisa |
| Discovery date | September 22, 1884 |
| Designations | |
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Named after
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Kriemhild |
| Main belt | |
| Orbital characteristics[1] | |
| Epoch 30 January 2005 (JD 2453400.5) | |
| Aphelion | 480.322 Gm (3.211 AU) |
| Perihelion | 376.234 Gm (2.515 AU) |
| 428.278 Gm (2.863 AU) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.122 |
| 1769.259 d (4.84 a) | |
| 219.782° | |
| Inclination | 11.318° |
| 207.373° | |
| 276.498° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 38.0 km |
| 4.543 h | |
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]
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