(229) Adelinda

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Asteroid
(229) Adelinda
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Orbit type Outer main belt
Major semi-axis 3.418  AU
eccentricity 0.141
Perihelion - aphelion 2.936 AU - 3.9 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 2.1 °
Length of the ascending node 28.1 °
Argument of the periapsis 311.5 °
Time of passage of the perihelion November 19, 2008
Sidereal period 6 a 116 d
Mean orbital velocity 16.0 km / s
Physical Properties
Medium diameter approx. 106 km
Albedo 0.035
Rotation period 6 h 36 min
Absolute brightness 9.13 mag
Spectral class BCU
history
Explorer Johann Palisa
Date of discovery August 22, 1882
Another name 1946 UK, 1981 GU 1 , A908 UG
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(229) Adelinda is an asteroid of the outer main asteroid belt , which on 22 August 1882 by Johann Palisa the Observatory of Wien was discovered.

The asteroid was named after the wife of the Austrian astronomer Edmund Weiss .

Adelinda moves from 2.9109 ( perihelion ) to 3.9145 ( aphelion ) astronomical units around the sun in 6.3045 years . The orbit is 2.0921 ° inclined to the ecliptic , the orbital eccentricity is 0.1471.

Adelinda has an average diameter of about 106 kilometers. It has a dark surface with an albedo of 0.035. It rotates around its own axis in 6 hours and 36 minutes.

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