Ilse (minor planet designation: 249 Ilse) is a Main belt asteroid. It has an unusually slow rotation period, about 3.5 days.
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Discovery | |
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Discovered by | C. H. F. Peters |
Discovery date | 16 August 1885 |
Designations | |
MPC designation | (249) Ilse |
Pronunciation | German: [ˈɪlzə][1] |
Named after | Ilse |
Alternative designations | A885 QA, 1973 PB |
Minor planet category | Main belt |
Orbital characteristics[2] | |
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
Observation arc | 130.59 yr (47699 d) |
Aphelion | 2.89450 AU (433.011 Gm) |
Perihelion | 1.85992 AU (278.240 Gm) |
Semi-major axis | 2.37721 AU (355.626 Gm) |
Eccentricity | 0.21760 |
Orbital period (sidereal) | 3.67 yr (1338.8 d) |
Average orbital speed | 19.31 km/s |
Mean anomaly | 223.964° |
Mean motion | 0° 16m 8.065s / day |
Inclination | 9.61979° |
Longitude of ascending node | 334.727° |
Argument of perihelion | 42.3241° |
Physical characteristics | |
Dimensions | 34.83±1.1 km |
Synodic rotation period | 84.94 h (3.539 d) |
Geometric albedo | 0.0428±0.003 |
Temperature | unknown |
Absolute magnitude (H) | 11.33 |
It was discovered by C. H. F. Peters on August 16, 1885, in Clinton, New York and was named after Ilse, a legendary German princess.
Due to the long rotation period, a possible asteroidal satellite of Ilse was proposed by R. P. Binzel in 1987 however no evidence of this has been found.[3]
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