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123 Brunhild
Orbital characteristics 1 (ftp://ftp.lowell.edu/pub/elgb/astorb.html)
Orbit type Main belt
Semimajor axis 2.694 AU
Perihelion distance 2.365 AU
Aphelion distance 3.022 AU
Orbital period 4.42 years
Inclination 6.43°
Eccentricity 0.122
Physical characteristics
Diameter 1 (ftp://ftp.lowell.edu/pub/elgb/astorb.html) 48 km
Rotation period 10.04 hours
Spectral class 5 (http://spiff.rit.edu/richmond/parallax/phot/LCSUMPUB.TXT) S
Abs. magnitude 1 (ftp://ftp.lowell.edu/pub/elgb/astorb.html) 8.89
Albedo 4 (http://dorothy.as.arizona.edu/DSN/IRAS/index_iras.html) 0.213
History 2 (http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/lists/NumberedMPs.html)
Discoverer C. H. F. Peters, 1872


123 Brunhild is a fairly typical stony S-type main belt asteroid.


It was discovered by C. H. F. Peters on July 31, 1872 and named after Brünnehilde, a Valkyrie in Norse mythology.





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