| Discovery[1] | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Max Wolf |
| Discovery site | Heidelberg Observatory |
| Discovery date | 11 March 1918 |
| Designations | |
| (890) Waltraut | |
| main-beltEos | |
| Orbital characteristics [2] | |
| Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 95.39 yr (34842 days) |
| Aphelion | 3.2017 AU (478.97 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 2.8415 AU (425.08 Gm) |
| 3.0216 AU (452.02 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.059606 |
| 5.25yr (1918.5d) | |
| 174.471° | |
| 0° 11m 15.54s / day | |
| Inclination | 10.872° |
| 160.683° | |
| 90.307° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 13.665±0.85km | |
| 12.581 h (0.5242 d) | |
| 0.1153±0.016 | |
| 10.78 | |
890 Waltraut is an Eoanasteroid from the outer region of theasteroid belt that was discovered by German astronomerMax Wolf on 11 March 1918. It was named for a character inRichard Wagner's opera,Götterdämmerung (Twilight of the Gods).
This is a member of the dynamicEos family of asteroids that most likely formed as the result of a collisional breakup of a parent body.[3]
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