242 Kriemhild

Summary

242 Kriemhild is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 242 Kriemhild is credited with the discovery of Johann Palisa^[3].
• 242 Kriemhild's image is recorded as 242Kriemhild (Lightcurve Inversion).png^[4].
• 242 Kriemhild's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 242 Kriemhild's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Vienna Observatory^[6].
• Gudrun is named after 242 Kriemhild^[7].
• 242 Kriemhild's follows is recorded as 241 Germania^[8].
• 242 Kriemhild's followed by is recorded as 243 Ida^[9].
• 242 Kriemhild's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[10].
• 242 Kriemhild's Commons category is recorded as 242 Kriemhild^[11].
• 242 Kriemhild's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[12].
• 242 Kriemhild's provisional designation is recorded as A884 SA^[13].
• 242 Kriemhild's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1884-09-22T00:00:00Z^[14].
• 242 Kriemhild's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/057_79^[15].
• 242 Kriemhild's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20000242^[16].
• 242 Kriemhild's asteroid spectral type is recorded as X-type asteroid^[17].
• 242 Kriemhild's significant event is recorded as naming^[18].
• 242 Kriemhild's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1229356333601983'}^[19].
• 242 Kriemhild's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+9.53'}^[20].
• 242 Kriemhild's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+11.318'}^[21].
• 242 Kriemhild's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+11.34917449808156'}^[22].
• 242 Kriemhild's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1768.343521095636'}^[23].
• 242 Kriemhild's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+4.5478'}^[24].
• 242 Kriemhild's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+206.8765669296344'}^[25].
• 242 Kriemhild's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.861840810145286'}^[26].
• 242 Kriemhild's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+3.21366302271656'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

242 Kriemhild's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].

History and Context

Gudrun is named after 242 Kriemhild^[7].

Why It Matters

242 Kriemhild ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]