869 Mellena
869 Mellena ("prov. designation:" "or" ) is a dark background asteroid from the central region of the asteroid belt. It was discovered on 9 May 1917, by astronomer Richard Schorr at the Bergedorf Observatory in Hamburg. The carbonaceous C-type asteroid has a shorter than average rotation period of 6.5 hours and measures approximately in diameter. It was named after Werner von Melle (1853–1937), mayor of Hamburg, who founded the discovering observatory.
Q1645659
prov. designation
Concept
Q249083
background asteroid
Concept
Q2179
asteroid belt
Concept
Q65518
Richard Schorr
PER
Q681942
Bergedorf Observatory
LOC
Q729623
C-type asteroid
Concept
Q185981
rotation period
UNK
Q73979
Werner von Melle
PER
Q157526
869 Mellena
CEL
1917-05-09T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
9 May 1917
DATE
+869^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
869
NUMBER
+6.5^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
6.5
NUMBER
+1853^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
1853
NUMBER
+1937^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
1937
NUMBER
minor planet group
discoverer or inventor
site of astronomical discovery
time of discovery or invention
named after