| Minorplanet: | yes |
| 442 Eichsfeldia | |
| Background: |
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| Discovery Ref: |   |
| Discovered: | 15 February 1899 |
| Mpc Name: | (442) Eichsfeldia |
| Alt Names: | 1899 EE; A892 FA |
| Orbit Ref: |   |
| Epoch: | 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) |
| Uncertainty: | 0 |
| Observation Arc: | 123.78 yr (45211 d) |
| Aphelion: | 2.5112abbr=onNaNabbr=on |
| Perihelion: | 2.1796AU |
| Semimajor: | 2.3454AU |
| Eccentricity: | 0.070707 |
| Period: | 3.59 yr (1312.0 d) |
| Inclination: | 6.0689° |
| Asc Node: | 134.93° |
| Arg Peri: | 85.047° |
| Moid: | 1.18144AU |
| Dimensions: | |
| Mass: | × 1017 kg |
| Density: | g/cm3 |
| Rotation: | 11.871abbr=onNaNabbr=on |
| Spectral Type: | BV = 0.692 mag UB = 0.331 mag tholen = C SMASSII = Ch |
| Abs Magnitude: | 10.03 mag 9.94 mag |
| Mean Motion: | / day |
| Jupiter Moid: | 2.47041AU |
| Tisserand: | 3.550 |
442 Eichsfeldia is a large main belt asteroid that was discovered by German astronomers Max Wolf and A. Schwassmann on 15 February 1899 in Heidelberg. It is classified as a C-type asteroid and is probably composed of primitive carbonaceous material.
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.
