Discovered 13 March 1931 Discoverer Max Wolf | Orbits Sun Asteroid group Asteroid belt | |
Discovery site Landessternwarte Heidelberg-Königstuhl Similar 528 Rezia, 509 Iolanda, 417 Suevia, 540 Rosamunde, 484 Pittsburghia | ||
1178 Irmela is a main-belt asteroid that was discovered by Max Wolf on March 13, 1931, and given a provisional designation of 1931 EC. It was named after Irmela Ruska, wife of Ernst Ruska.
10µ radiometric data collected from Kitt Peak in 1975 gave a diameter estimate of 19 kilometres (12 mi).
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