- Source: 271 Penthesilea
271 Penthesilea is a mid-sized main belt asteroid that was discovered by Viktor Knorre on 13 October 1887 in Berlin. It was his last asteroid discovery. The asteroid was named after Penthesilea, the mythical Greek queen of the Amazons.
Photometric observations of this asteroid were made in early 2009 at the Organ Mesa Observatory in Las Cruces, New Mexico. The resulting light curve shows a synodic rotation period of 18.787 ± 0.001 hours with a brightness variation of 0.32 ± 0.04 in magnitude.
References
External links
271 Penthesilea at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
Ephemeris · Observation prediction · Orbital info · Proper elements · Observational info
271 Penthesilea at the JPL Small-Body Database
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Daftar planet minor/201–300
- Daftar planet minor: 1–1000
- 271 Penthesilea
- Penthesilea
- Penthesilea (disambiguation)
- 272 Antonia
- List of minor planets: 1–1000
- Meanings of minor-planet names: 1–1000
- 270 Anahita
- Viktor Knorre
- 157 Dejanira
- 120 Lachesis
