271 Penthesilea [SEP] discoverer or inventor
271 Penthesilea
Penthesilea (minor planet designation: 271 Penthesilea) is a large main belt asteroid that was discovered by Viktor Knorre on 13 October 1887 in Berlin. It was his last asteroid discovery. The asteroid was named after Penthesilea, the mythical Greek queen of the Amazons.
Photometric observations of this asteroid were made in early 2009 at the Organ Mesa Observatory in Las Cruces, New Mexico. The resulting light curve shows a synodic rotation period of 18.787 ± 0.001 hours with a brightness variation of 0.32 ± 0.04 in magnitude
Penthesilea (disambiguation)
Penthesilea was an Amazonian queen in Greek mythology.
Penthesilea may also refer to:
- 271 Penthesilea, a large main belt asteroid
- "Penthesilea" (Kleist), a tragedy by Heinrich von Kleist
- "Penthesilea" (opera), a one-act opera by Othmar Schoeck
- "Penthesilea" (moth), a genus of moths
- Penthesilea Painter, a Greek vase painter