Minor planet category Main belt Aphelion 2.8796 AU (430.78 Gm) Discovered 30 September 1880 | Discovery date 30 September 1880 Observation arc 117.58 yr (42947 d) Perihelion 1.8302 AU (273.79 Gm) Orbits Sun Discovery site Pola Observatory | |
Similar 220 Stephania, 218 Bianca, 242 Kriemhild, 178 Belisana, 276 Adelheid | ||
219 Thusnelda is a typical S-type Main belt asteroid. It was discovered by Johann Palisa on September 30, 1880 in Pola and was named after Thusnelda, wife of Germanic warrior Arminius.
In 1982, the asteroid was observed using photometry from the La Silla Observatory to generate a composite light curve. The resulting data showed a rotation period of 1.24 days (29.8 h) with a brightness variation of 0.2 in magnitude.
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