242 Kriemhild

Minor Planet | name=242 Kriemhild
discoverer=Johann Palisa
discovery_date=September 22, 1884
designations="n/a"
category=Main belt
epoch=30 January, 2005 (JD 2453400.5)
semimajor=428.278 Gm (2.863 AU)
perihelion=376.234 Gm (2.515 AU)
aphelion=480.322 Gm (3.211 AU)
eccentricity=0.122
period=1769.259 d (4.84 a)
inclination=11.318°
asc_node=207.373°
arg_peri=276.498°
mean_anomaly=219.782°
speed=17.6 km/s
dimensions=38.0 km
mass="unknown"
density="unknown"
gravity="unknown"
escape_velocity="unknown"
rotation=4.543 h
spectral_class="unknown"
abs_mag=9.2
albedo="unknown"
temperature="unknown"

242 Kriemhild is a typical Main belt asteroid.

It was discovered by Johann Palisa on September 22, 1884 in Vienna and was named after Kriemhild, a mythological Germanic princess.

References

* [ftp://ftp.lowell.edu/pub/elgb/astorb.html The Asteroid Orbital Elements Database]
* [http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/lists/NumberedMPs.html Minor Planet Discovery Circumstances]
* [http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/lists/LightcurveDat.html Minor Planet Lightcurve Parameters]