- 165 Loreley
165 Loreley is a very large Main belt
asteroid .It was discovered by C. H. F. Peters on
August 9 ,1876 in Clinton, New York and named after theLorelei , a figure inGerman folklore .In the late 1990s, a network of astronomers worldwide gathered lightcurve data that was ultimately used to derive the spin states and shape models of 10 new asteroids, including (165) Loreley. [Durech., J.; Kaasalainen, M., Marciniak, A.; et al., “Physical models of ten asteroids from an observers' collaboration network,” Astronomy and Astrophysics , Volume 465, Issue 1, April I 2007, pp. 331-337 ] [ Durech, J.; Kaasalainen, M.; Marciniak, A.; Allen, W. H. et al. “Asteroid brightness and geometry,” Astronomy and Astrophysics, Volume 465, Issue 1, April I 2007, pp. 331-337.]
One stellar
occultation by Loreley has been observed, onJuly 20 ,2003 .References
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