Minorplanet: | yes |
Background: |
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219 Thusnelda | |
Discovered: | 30 September 1880 |
Mpc Name: | (219) Thusnelda |
Alt Names: | A880 SA |
Epoch: | 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) |
Semimajor: | 2.3549AU |
Perihelion: | 1.8302AU |
Aphelion: | 2.8796abbr=onNaNabbr=on |
Eccentricity: | 0.22281 |
Period: | 3.61 yr (1319.9 d) |
Inclination: | 10.861° |
Asc Node: | 200.821° |
Arg Peri: | 142.692° |
Avg Speed: | 19.41 km/s |
Dimensions: | 38.279 km |
Rotation: | 59.74abbr=onNaNabbr=on |
Spectral Type: | S (Tholen) |
Abs Magnitude: | 9.32, 9.34 |
Albedo: | 0.2214 ± 0.0471 |
Mean Motion: | / day |
Orbit Ref: | [1] |
Observation Arc: | 117.58 yr (42947 d) |
Uncertainty: | 0 |
219 Thusnelda is a typical S-type Main belt asteroid. It was discovered by Johann Palisa on September 30, 1880, in Pola and was named after Thusnelda, wife of Germanic warrior Arminius.
In 1982, the asteroid was observed using photometry from the La Silla Observatory to generate a composite light curve. The resulting data showed a rotation period of 1.24 days (29.8 h) with a brightness variation of 0.2 in magnitude.