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271 Penthesilea

main-belt asteroid
Asteroid Q149976

Facts

27 properties

Identity

Instance of
asteroid
More facts +26
Follows
270 Anahita[5]
Followed by
272 Antonia[6]
Absolute magnitude
9.86[16]
Albedo
0.045
Apoapsis
3.314964202137443 au
Argument of periapsis
55.95131266110955°
Asteroid spectral type
P-type asteroid[13]
Diameter
65.901 km
Discoverer or inventor
Viktor Knorre[2]
Epoch
November 21, 2025
Longitude of ascending node
335.1865760308214°[21]
Mean anomaly
169.9692518736831°
Minor planet group
asteroid belt[7]
Named after
Penthesilea[4]
Orbital eccentricity
0.1036647269925024[15]
Orbital inclination
3.537°, 3.531895339664333°[17][18]
Orbital period
1,901.345087865133 day[19]
Parent astronomical body
Sun[8]
Periapsis
2.692230049998809 au
Provisional designation
A916 GG, A916 HA, A887 TB[9][10][11]
Rotation period
18.787 h[20]
Semi-major axis of an orbit
3.003597126068126 au
Significant event
naming[14]
Site of astronomical discovery
Berlin Observatory[3]
Time of discovery or invention
October 13, 1887[12]
Time of periapsis
2,460,102.8049940607 Julian day
🏷️ Also known as
en 271 Penthesilea en (271) Penthesilea en Penthesilea de 271 Penthésilée el 271 Πενθεσίλεια fa سیارک ۲۷۱ fr (271) Penthésilée fr 271 Penthésilée fr Penthésilée he פנתסיליאה 271 ja ペンテシレイア pt 271 Penthésilée ru (271) Penthesilea ru (271) Пентесилея ru A916 GG ru A916 HA ru Penthesilea ru Пентесилея uk 271 Пентесілея vi 1916 GG
🔖 Identifiers · 5
DAMIT asteroid ID
569
Freebase ID
/m/058103
JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID
20000271
Minor Planet Center body ID
271
Wolfram Language entity code
Entity["MinorPlanet", "Penthesilea"]

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🔗 Connections
Asteroid spectral type 1
P-type asteroid
Discoverer or inventor 1
Viktor Knorre
Epoch 1
November 21, 2025
Followed by 1
272 Antonia
Followed by (predecessor) 1
272 Antonia
Instance of 1
asteroid
Minor planet group 1
asteroid belt
Named after 1
Penthesilea
Parent astronomical body 1
Sun
Site of astronomical discovery 1
Berlin Observatory
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Summary

271 Penthesilea is an asteroid[1].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . Dictionary of Minor Planet Names (Sixth Revised and Enlarged Edition). wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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