Main-belt asteroid
271 Penthesilea is a mid-sized main belt asteroid that was discovered by Viktor Knorre on 13 October 1887 in Berlin . It was his last asteroid discovery. The asteroid was named after Penthesilea , the mythical Greek queen of the Amazons .[ 4]
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 .[ 3]
References
^ Noah Webster (1884) A Practical Dictionary of the English Language
^ a b Yeomans, Donald K., "271 Penthesilea" , JPL Small-Body Database Browser , NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory , retrieved 11 May 2016 . ^ a b Pilcher, Frederick (July 2009), "Rotation Period Determinations for 120 Lachesis, 131 Vala 157 Dejanira, and 271 Penthesilea", The Minor Planet Bulletin , vol. 36, no. 3, pp. 100– 102, Bibcode :2009MPBu...36..100P . ^ Schmadel, Lutz D. ; International Astronomical Union (2003). Dictionary of minor planet names Springer-Verlag . p. 39. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3
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