Discovered by Max Wolf Alternative names 1892 G Observation arc 123.55 yr (45128 d) Discovered 25 September 1892 Discoverer Max Wolf Asteroid family Eos family | Discovery date 25 September 1892 Minor planet category Main belt (Eos) Aphelion 3.3041 AU (494.29 Gm) Orbits Sun Named after Dorothea Klumpke | |
Discovery site Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory Similar 417 Suevia, 528 Rezia, 509 Iolanda, 540 Rosamunde, 484 Pittsburghia | ||
339 Dorothea is a large main belt asteroid that was discovered by German astronomer Max Wolf on September 25, 1892 in Heidelberg.
This is a member of the dynamic Eos family of asteroids that were probably formed as the result of a collisional breakup of a parent body.
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