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123 Brunhild is a stony S-type main-belt asteroid. It was discovered by German-American astronomer C. H. F. Peters on July 31 1872 and named after Brünnehilde a Valkyrie in Norse mythology. Brunhild has been mistaken for the non-existent variable star KN Gem.In 1983 123 Brunhild was observed photometrically from the Observatoire de Haute-Provence producing an irregular light curve that showed eight extremes including two minima and two maxima that were more accentuated than the others.

average speed (km/s)
65088.0
mass (kg)
1200.0
orbital period (μ)
1.39549e+08
periapsis (km)
3.53956e+11
temperature (K)
170.0
absolute magnitude
8.89
albedo
0.2134
apparent magnitude
11.77
discovery date
1872-07-31
discoverer
Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters
epoch
December 31 2006 (JD 2454100.5)
escape velocity (kmh)
91.44
rotation period (s)
36144.0

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