(122) Gerda Outer Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 31 July 1872 by C. H. F. Peters at Clinton.
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Where Gerda is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Gerda is 3.21 au from the Sun and 4.17 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 122 |
| Provisional designation | A872 OA |
| Orbit class | Outer Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 70.7 km (#460 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.297 |
| Rotation period | 10.7 hours |
| Spectral type | ST |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 7.67 |
| Orbital period | 5.79 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.23 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 3.15 – 3.30 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0227 |
| Inclination | 1.64° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 2.17 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 31 July 1872
More named asteroids discovered by C. H. F. Peters
- (72) Feronia
- (75) Eurydike
- (77) Frigga
- (85) Io
- (88) Thisbe
- (92) Undina
- (98) Ianthe
- (102) Miriam
- (109) Felicitas
- (111) Ate
- (112) Iphigenia
- (114) Kassandra
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