Minorplanet: | yes |
Background: |
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241 Germania | |
Discoverer: | Robert Luther |
Discovered: | 12 September 1884 |
Mpc Name: | (241) Germania |
Alt Names: | A884 RA, 1953 US, |
Pronounced: | [1] |
Adjective: | Germanian |
Named After: | Germany |
Mp Category: | Main belt |
Epoch: | 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) |
Semimajor: | 3.04857AU |
Perihelion: | 2.73723AU |
Aphelion: | 3.35991abbr=onNaNabbr=on |
Eccentricity: | 0.10213 |
Period: | 5.32 yr (1944.2 d) |
Inclination: | 5.50482° |
Asc Node: | 270.362° |
Arg Peri: | 80.6364° |
Mean Anomaly: | 277.959° |
Avg Speed: | 17.04 km/s |
Dimensions: | |
Density: | 2.357 ± 0.801/0.676 g/cm |
Rotation: | 15.51abbr=onNaNabbr=on |
Spectral Type: | CP/B |
Abs Magnitude: | 7.81 |
Mean Motion: | / day |
Observation Arc: | 131.40 yr (47993 d) |
Uncertainty: | 0 |
241 Germania is a very large main-belt asteroid. It is classified as a B-type asteroid and is probably composed of dark, primitive carbonaceous material.
It was discovered by Robert Luther on 12 September 1884 in Düsseldorf.
Germania is the Latin name for Germany.