123 Brunhild
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Orbital characteristics 1 (ftp://ftp.lowell.edu/pub/elgb/astorb.html) | |
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Orbit type | Main belt |
Semimajor axis | 2.694 AU |
Perihelion distance | 2.365 AU |
Aphelion distance | 3.022 AU |
Orbital period | 4.42 years |
Inclination | 6.43° |
Eccentricity | 0.122 |
Physical characteristics | |
Diameter 1 (ftp://ftp.lowell.edu/pub/elgb/astorb.html) | 48 km |
Rotation period | 10.04 hours |
Spectral class 5 (http://spiff.rit.edu/richmond/parallax/phot/LCSUMPUB.TXT) | S |
Abs. magnitude 1 (ftp://ftp.lowell.edu/pub/elgb/astorb.html) | 8.89 |
Albedo 4 (http://dorothy.as.arizona.edu/DSN/IRAS/index_iras.html) | 0.213 |
History 2 (http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/lists/NumberedMPs.html) | |
Discoverer | C. H. F. Peters, 1872 |
123 Brunhild is a fairly typical stony S-type main belt asteroid.
It was discovered by C. H. F. Peters on July 31, 1872 and named after Brünnehilde, a Valkyrie in Norse mythology.
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