Discovered by C. H. F. Peters Discovery date 28 August 1876 Observation arc 132.01 yr (48218 d) Orbits Sun Named after Urðr | Discovery site Clinton, New York MPC designation 167 Discovered 28 August 1876 Spectral type S-type asteroid Asteroid family Koronis family | |
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Minor planet category main belt (Koronis asteroid family) Discoverer Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters Similar 188 Menippe, 165 Loreley, 196 Philomela, 135 Hertha, 208 Lacrimosa | ||
167 Urda is a main-belt asteroid that was discovered by German-American astronomer Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters on August 28, 1876, in Clinton, New York, and named after Urd, one of the Norns in Norse mythology. In 1905, Austrian astronomer Johann Palisa showed that the asteroid varied in brightness.
Photometric observations of this asteroid at the Palmer Divide Observatory in Colorado Springs, Colorado, during 2007–8 gave a light curve with a period of 13.06133 ± 0.00002 hours. This S-type asteroid is a member of the Koronis family of asteroids that share similar orbital elements.
In 2002, a diameter estimate of 37.93 ± 3.17 km was obtained from the Midcourse Space Experiment observations, with an albedo of 0.2523 ± 0.0448.
A stellar occultation by Urda was observed from Japan on July 23, 2001.