- 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 onFebruary 15 ,1899 inHeidelberg .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.
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