229 Adelinda

229 Adelinda
Discovery
Discovered by Johann Palisa
Discovery date August 22, 1882
Designations
n/a
Main belt (Cybele)
Orbital characteristics
Epoch 30 January 2005 (JD 2453400.5)
Aphelion 585.604 Gm (3.915 AU)
Perihelion 435.457 Gm (2.911 AU)
510.531 Gm (3.413 AU)
Eccentricity 0.147
2302.687 d (6.3 a)
16.12 km/s
142.459°
Inclination 2.092°
28.341°
312.315°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions 93.0 km
6.60 h
Albedo 0.045
Spectral type
C
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    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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