442 Eichsfeldia

Minor Planet | name=442 Eichsfeldia
discoverer=M. Wolf,
A. Schwassmann
discovery_date=February 15, 1899
designations=1899 EE
category=Main belt
epoch=30 January, 2005 (JD 2453400.5)
semimajor=350.858 Gm (2.345 AU)
perihelion=325.835 Gm (2.178 AU)
aphelion=375.882 Gm (2.513 AU)
eccentricity=0.071
period=1311.898 d (3.59 a)
inclination=6.062°
asc_node=135.045°
arg_peri=84.797°
mean_anomaly=113.664°
speed=19.45 km/s
dimensions=66.0 km
mass="unknown"
density="unknown"
gravity="unknown"
escape_velocity="unknown"
rotation="unknown"
spectral_class=C
abs_mag=10.03
albedo="unknown"
temperature="unknown"

442 Eichsfeldia is a large Main belt asteroid. It is classified as a C-type asteroid and is probably composed of primitive carbonaceous material.

It was discovered by Max Wolf and A. Schwassmann on February 15, 1899 in Heidelberg.

Although Eichsfeldia has an orbit similar to the Vesta family asteroids, it was found to be an unrelated interloper on the basis of its non-matching spectral type.