Discovered by Viktor Knorre Minor planet category Main belt Aphelion 3.3147 AU (495.87 Gm) Orbits Sun Named after Penthesilea Discovery site New Berlin Observatory | Discovery date 13 October 1887 Observation arc 112.35 yr (41037 d) Discovered 13 October 1887 Discoverer Viktor Knorre Asteroid family Themis family | |
Perihelion 2.69235 AU (402.770 Gm) Similar 441 Bathilde, 417 Suevia, 242 Kriemhild, 188 Menippe, 238 Hypatia | ||
Occultation by asteroid 271 penthesilea on 29 january 2009
271 Penthesilea is a large main belt asteroid that was discovered by Viktor Knorre on October 13, 1887 in Berlin. It was his last asteroid discovery. The asteroid was named after Penthesilea, the mythical Greek queen of the Amazons.
Photometric observations of this asteroid were made in early 2009 at the Organ Mesa Observatory in Las Cruces, New Mexico. The resulting light curve shows a synodic rotation period of 18.787 ± 0.001 hours with a brightness variation of 0.32 ± 0.04 in magnitude.
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