241 Germania

Infobox Planet | discovery=yes | physical_characteristics = yes | bgcolour=#FFFFC0 | name=241 Germania
discoverer=Robert Luther
discovered=September 12, 1884
alt_names=1953 US, 1953 VK₁
mp_category=Main belt
epoch=30 January, 2005 (JD 2453400.5)
semimajor=456.999 Gm (3.055 AU)
perihelion=413.267 Gm (2.763 AU)
aphelion=500.732 Gm (3.347 AU)
eccentricity=0.096
period=1950.184 d (5.34 a)
inclination=5.506°
asc_node=270.638°
arg_peri=77.676°
mean_anomaly=224.416°
avg_speed=17.04 km/s
dimensions=169.0 km
mass="unknown"
density="unknown"
surface_grav="unknown"
escape_velocity="unknown"
rotation=15.51 h
spectral_type=C
abs_magnitude=7.58
albedo=0.058
single_temperature="unknown"

241 Germania is a very large Main belt asteroid. It is classified as a C-type asteroid and is probably composed of dark, privitive carbonaceous material.

It was discovered by Robert Luther on September 12, 1884 in Düsseldorf.

Germania is the Latin name for Germany.

References

* [ftp://ftp.lowell.edu/pub/elgb/astorb.html The Asteroid Orbital Elements Database]
* [http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/lists/NumberedMPs.html Minor Planet Discovery Circumstances]
* [http://spiff.rit.edu/richmond/parallax/phot/LCSUMPUB.TXT Asteroid Lightcurve Data File]