122 Gerda
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters |
| Discovery date | July 31, 1872 |
| Designations | |
| Main belt | |
| Orbital characteristics[1] | |
| Epoch December 31, 2006 (JD 2454100.5) | |
| Aphelion | 501.593 Gm (3.353 AU) |
| Perihelion | 462.356 Gm (3.091 AU) |
| 481.975 Gm (3.222 AU) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.041 |
| 2112.255 d (5.78 a) | |
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Average orbital speed
|
16.59 km/s |
| 283.072° | |
| Inclination | 1.639° |
| 178.433° | |
| 325.878° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 81.7 km |
| Mass | 5.7×1017 kg |
| 0.0228 m/s² | |
| 0.0432 km/s | |
| 10.687 ± 0.001[2] h | |
| Temperature | ~155 K |
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Spectral type
|
S |
| 7.87 | |
122 Gerda is a fairly large outer main-belt asteroid that was discovered by German-American astronomer C. H. F. Peters on July 31, 1872, and named after Gerðr, the wife of the god Freyr in Norse mythology. Based upon its spectrum, this is classified as an S-type asteroid. It is listed as a member of the Hecuba group of asteroids that orbit near the 2:1 mean-motion resonance with Jupiter.[3]
Photometric observations of this asteroid in 2007 were used to produce a light curve that showed that Gerda rotates every 10.687 ± 0.001 hours and varied in brightness by 0.16 in magnitude.[2] In 2009, observations at the Organ Mesa Observatory in Las Cruces, New Mexico generated a light curve with a period of 10.712 ± 0.01 hours with a brightness variation of 0.11 ± 0.01 magnitudes. This is compatible with previous studies.[4]
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