Discovered by Johann Palisa Alternative names n/a Observation arc 131.10 yr (47884 d) Orbits Sun Discoverer Johann Palisa Asteroid group Cybele asteroid | Discovery date 22 August 1882 Minor planet category Main belt (Cybele) Discovered 22 August 1882 Spectral type C-type asteroid Discovery site Vienna Observatory | |
Aphelion 3.89751 AU (583.059 Gm) Similar 276 Adelheid, 230 Athamantis, 266 Aline, 265 Anna, 218 Bianca | ||
229 Adelinda is a large, dark outer main-belt asteroid. It was discovered by Austrian astronomer Johann Palisa on August 22, 1882, in Vienna, and was named after Adelinda, the wife of fellow Austrian astronomer Edmund Weiss.
This object is classified as a C-type asteroid and is probably composed of primitive carbonaceous material. 229 Adelinda is part of the Cybele asteroid group and probably in 4:7 orbital resonance with planet Jupiter.
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