229 Adelinda Explained

Minorplanet:yes
Background:
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229 Adelinda
Discovered:22 August 1882
Mpc Name:(229) Adelinda
Alt Names:A882 QB, 1908 UG
1946 UK,
Mp Category:Main belt (Cybele)
Epoch:31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Semimajor:3.42156AU
Perihelion:2.94561AU
Aphelion:3.89751abbr=onNaNabbr=on
Eccentricity:0.13910
Period:6.33 yr (2311.7 d)
Inclination:2.07871°
Asc Node:28.0490°
Arg Peri:311.263°
Avg Speed:16.12 km/s
Rotation:6.6abbr=onNaNabbr=on
Abs Magnitude:9.13
Mean Motion: / day
Orbit Ref:[1]
Observation Arc:131.10 yr (47884 d)
Uncertainty:0

229 Adelinda is a large, dark outer main-belt asteroid. It was discovered by Austrian astronomer Johann Palisa on August 22, 1882, in Vienna, and was named after Adelinda, the wife of fellow Austrian astronomer Edmund Weiss.

This object is classified as a C-type asteroid and is probably composed of primitive carbonaceous material. 229 Adelinda is part of the Cybele asteroid group and probably in 4:7 orbital resonance with planet Jupiter.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: 229 Adelinda . . . 12 May 2016.