249 Ilse
Encyclopedia
249 Ilse is a Main belt
asteroid
. It has an unusually slow rotation period, about 3.5 day
s.
It was discovered by C. H. F. Peters
on August 16, 1885 in Clinton, New York
and was named after Ilse
, a legendary German
princess.
Due to the long rotation period, a possible asteroidal satellite
of Ilse was proposed by R. P. Binzel in 1987. No evidence of it has been provided, however.http://www.johnstonsarchive.net/astro/asteroidmoonsq.html
Asteroid belt
The asteroid belt is the region of the Solar System located roughly between the orbits of the planets Mars and Jupiter. It is occupied by numerous irregularly shaped bodies called asteroids or minor planets...
asteroid
Asteroid
Asteroids are a class of small Solar System bodies in orbit around the Sun. They have also been called planetoids, especially the larger ones...
. It has an unusually slow rotation period, about 3.5 day
Day
A day is a unit of time, commonly defined as an interval equal to 24 hours. It also can mean that portion of the full day during which a location is illuminated by the light of the sun...
s.
It was discovered by C. H. F. Peters
Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters
Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters was a German-American astronomer, and one of the first to discover asteroids....
on August 16, 1885 in Clinton, New York
Clinton, Oneida County, New York
Clinton is a village in Oneida County, New York, United States. The population was 1,952 at the 2000 census. It was named for George Clinton, a royal governor of the colony of New York....
and was named after Ilse
Ilse
Ilse is a Mexican singer and telenovela actress.-Biography:Ilse was born in Caracas, Venezuela, but became a Mexican citizen at the age of 18. She was born to a well-known publicist in Mexico Oscar Olivo and to his Honduran born wife Ilse Schweinfurth. She studied Communications at Universidad...
, a legendary German
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
princess.
Due to the long rotation period, a possible asteroidal satellite
Natural satellite
A natural satellite or moon is a celestial body that orbits a planet or smaller body, which is called its primary. The two terms are used synonymously for non-artificial satellites of planets, of dwarf planets, and of minor planets....
of Ilse was proposed by R. P. Binzel in 1987. No evidence of it has been provided, however.http://www.johnstonsarchive.net/astro/asteroidmoonsq.html