122 Gerda [SEP] named after
122 Gerda
Gerda (minor planet designation: 122 Gerda) is a fairly large outer main-belt asteroid that was discovered by German-American astronomer C. H. F. Peters on July 31, 1872, and named after Gerðr, the wife of the god Freyr in Norse mythology. Based upon its spectrum, this is classified as an S-type asteroid. It is listed as a member of the Hecuba group of asteroids that orbit near the 2:1 mean-motion resonance with Jupiter.
Photometric observations of this asteroid in
Manoel Luiz Reef near Rio de Janeiro in 1962.
- sold 1953 renamed "Halcyon" broke in two after collision with Japanese Gen-ei Maru in Kanmon Strait, then scrapped.
- sold in 1961 renamed Xenophon stranded near Brest, France on 26 Oct 1962 and later sank in March of 1963.
- sold in 1948 renamed "Gerda Toft" on 23 Dec. 1954 sank in heavy seas in 54.20N 02.32W off Isle of May in Scotland.
- sold in 1959 renamed Vinkon grounded on 1 Sep.1962 in