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211 Isolda

211 Isolda
Discovery
Discovered by Johann Palisa
Discovery date 10 December 1879
Designations
Named after
Iseult
A912 AB, A912 BA,
1950 FM
Main belt
Orbital characteristics
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 136.19 yr (49742 d)
Aphelion 3.53270 AU (528.484 Gm)
Perihelion 2.5514 AU (381.68 Gm)
3.04205 AU (455.084 Gm)
Eccentricity 0.16129
5.31 yr (1938.0 d)
Average orbital speed
17.08 km/s
260.142°
0° 11m 8.74s / day
Inclination 3.8856°
263.644°
173.522°
Earth MOID 1.56519 AU (234.149 Gm)
Jupiter MOID 1.73306 AU (259.262 Gm)
Jupiter Tisserand parameter 3.216
Physical characteristics
Dimensions 143.19±5.1 km
149.81 ± 6.10 km
Mass (4.49 ± 2.43) × 1018 kg
Mean density
2.54 ± 1.41 g/cm3
18.365 h (0.7652 d)
0.0602±0.004
0.0598 ± 0.0218
C (Tholen)
7.89, 7.90

211 Isolda is a very large, dark main-belt asteroid. It is classified as a C-type asteroid and is probably composed of primitive carbonaceous material.

It was discovered by Austrian astronomer Johann Palisa on December 10, 1879, in Pola, and named after Isolde, heroine of the legend of Tristan and Iseult.

In 2001, the asteroid was detected by radar from the Arecibo Observatory at a distance of 1.78 AU. The resulting data yielded an effective diameter of 143 ± 16 km.



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