942 Romilda
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | K. Reinmuth |
| Discovery site | Heidelberg Obs. |
| Discovery date | 11 October 1920 |
| Designations | |
| (942) Romilda | |
Named after | Name picked from the almanac Lahrer Hinkender Bote |
| A920 TG · 1920 HW | |
| main-belt · (outer) background | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch 31 May 2020 (JD 2459000.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 98.58 yr (36,006 d) |
| Aphelion | 3.6988 AU |
| Perihelion | 2.6321 AU |
| 3.1655 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.1685 |
| 5.63 yr (2,057 d) | |
| 258.14° | |
| 0° 10m 30s / day | |
| Inclination | 10.560° |
| 71.342° | |
| 319.36° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| |
| 6.965±0.003 h | |
| |
| C (assumed) | |
| 11.0 | |
942 Romilda (prov. designation: A920 TG or 1920 HW) is a background asteroid, approximately 36 kilometers (22 miles) in diameter, located in the outer region of the asteroid belt. It was discovered by German astronomer Karl Reinmuth at the Heidelberg Observatory on 11 October 1920. The assumed C-type asteroid has a rotation period of 6.97 hours. It was named "Romilda", a common German female name unrelated to the discoverer's contemporaries, that was taken from the almanac Lahrer Hinkender Bote.