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548 Kressida
548 Kressida is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. This object was discovered by German astronomer Paul Götz in 1904. It is named after the theatrical character Cressida. This stony S-type asteroid is orbiting at a distance of 2.28 AU from the Sun, with an orbital eccentricity (ovalness) of 0.185 and a period of 1259.3 days. The orbital plane is inclined at an angle of 3.87° to the ecliptic. Photometric observations of this asteroid from 2021 were used to produce a light curve showing a rotation period of 11.93 hours with a brightness amplitude of 0.44 in magnitude.
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