| Minorplanet: | yes |
| Mpc Name: | (242) Kriemhild |
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| 242 Kriemhild | |
| Alt Names: | A884 SA |
| Pronounced: | in German ˈkʁiːmhɪlt/ |
| Discovered: | 22 September 1884 |
| Epoch: | 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) |
| Semimajor: | 2.86202AU |
| Perihelion: | 2.52045AU |
| Aphelion: | 3.2036abbr=onNaNabbr=on |
| Eccentricity: | 0.11935 |
| Period: | 4.84 yr (1768.5 d) |
| Inclination: | 11.351° |
| Asc Node: | 206.940° |
| Arg Peri: | 279.764° |
| Avg Speed: | 17.6 km/s |
| Rotation: | 4.5478abbr=onNaNabbr=on |
| Mean Motion: | / day |
| Observation Arc: | 131.23 yr (47931 d) |
| Uncertainty: | 0 |
| Abs Magnitude: | 9.3 |
242 Kriemhild is a main belt asteroid that was discovered by Austrian astronomer Johann Palisa on 22 September 1884 in Vienna and was named after Kriemhild, a mythological Germanic princess, by Moriz von Kuffner, a Viennese industrialist and sponsor of astronomy.
Photometric observations of this asteroid at the Oakley Observatory in Terre Haute, Indiana, during 2006 gave a light curve with a period of 4.558 ± 0.003 hours and a brightness variation of 0.15 ± 0.02 in magnitude.