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886 Washingtonia
886 Washingtonia (A917 WA) is a large 86.8 km C-type main-belt asteroid discovered November 16, 1917 by G.H. Peters at Washington, DC and named for George Washington; Margaret Harwood found it four days earlier but was denied credit.
889 Erynia
889 Erynia (1918 DG) is a 16.7-km main-belt asteroid discovered by Max Wolf at Heidelberg on March 5, 1918. It orbits the Sun every 3.83 years, rotates in 9.89 hours, and is neither a near-Earth nor potentially hazardous object.
89 Julia
89 Julia is a large S-type main-belt asteroid about 140 to 150 km across, proposed as the parent body of a small compact asteroid family.
890 Waltraut
890 Waltraut (A918 EO) is a main-belt asteroid about 27–28 km across, orbiting the Sun every 5.26 years between 2.84 and 3.20 AU, rotating in 12.58 hours, observed since 1918.
891 Gunhild
891 Gunhild is a large background asteroid in the outer main belt, roughly 52 to 65 kilometers wide, discovered by Max Wolf at Heidelberg in 1918.
892 Seeligeria
892 Seeligeria is a dark outer main-belt asteroid about 75 kilometers across, discovered by Max Wolf at Heidelberg in 1918 and named for astronomer Hugo von Seeliger.
893 Leopoldina
893 Leopoldina (1918 DS, A918 KD) is a large outer main-belt asteroid discovered 31 May 1918 at Heidelberg by Max Wolf; about 76-86 km across, 5.34-year orbit, Tholen XF type, not hazardous.
894 Erda
894 Erda (1918 DT, A918 LA) is a background outer main-belt asteroid discovered 4 June 1918 by Max Wolf at Heidelberg, named after the goddess in Wagner's Ring; rotation period 4.69 hours, diameter about 28-38 km.
895 Helio
895 Helio (A918 NA), a large dark FCB/B-type outer main-belt asteroid discovered by M. F. Wolf in 1918 and named by Paschen for helium-spectrum work; a ~110-150 km body with disputed Euphrosyne family membership.
897 Lysistrata
897 Lysistrata (1918 DZ) is a main-belt asteroid discovered 3 August 1918 by Max Wolf at Heidelberg, named for Aristophanes' comedy heroine; about 22 km across, rotation period roughly 11.26 hours.
898 Hildegard
898 Hildegard (1918 EA), a main-belt asteroid discovered 3 August 1918 by Max Wolf at Heidelberg; 11.7 km diameter, 24.85-hour rotation, orbital period 4.5 years, not potentially hazardous.
899 Jokaste
899 Jokaste (provisional 1918 EB) is a 31-km main-belt asteroid discovered 3 August 1918 by M. F. Wolf at Heidelberg, named for Jocasta, mother of Oedipus; it orbits at 2.91 au with a 4.96-year period and 6.245-hour rotation.
90 Antiope
90 Antiope is a C-type asteroid in the outer main belt and the first double asteroid discovered, a pair of nearly equal-sized bodies orbiting each other.
900 Rosalinde
900 Rosalinde (A918 PJ) is a ~19.6 km main-belt asteroid discovered in 1918, orbiting the Sun every 3.89 years between 2.07 and 2.87 AU, rotating every 16.69 hours, dark (albedo 0.085), and not a near-Earth or hazardous object.
901 Brunsia
901 Brunsia (A918 QA), stony S-type Flora-family inner main-belt asteroid discovered by Max Wolf in 1918, named for astronomer Ernst Heinrich Bruns; 13.2 km diameter, 3.136-hour rotation, no Earth close approaches.
903 Nealley
903 Nealley (A918 RH), outer main-belt asteroid about 58 km wide, discovered 1918 by Johann Palisa in Vienna, named for a New York amateur astronomer; orbits near the 2/1 Jovian resonance with a disputed rotation period.
904 Rockefellia
904 Rockefellia (1918 EO), a main-belt asteroid of 5.178-year period at 2.993 au, discovered 29 October 1918 by Max Wolf at Heidelberg and named for John D. Rockefeller; rotation period 6.820 hours.
905 Universitas
905 Universitas (A918 UE) is a roughly 12 km S-type main-belt asteroid discovered in 1918 by A. Schwassmann, named for the University of Hamburg's founding, rotating in 14.24 hours.
906 Repsolda
906 Repsolda (1918 ET), a ~69 km main-belt asteroid discovered 30 October 1918 by A. Schwassmann at Bergedorf, named for German astronomer Johann Georg Repsold; possible ~10 km satellite reported in 2023.
909 Ulla
909 Ulla (1919 FA), X-type outer main-belt asteroid of the Cybele group, discovered 1919 by K. Reinmuth at Heidelberg; 116 km diameter, albedo 0.034, rotation period 8.71 h, namesake of the Ulla asteroid family.
91 Aegina
91 Aegina, main-belt asteroid number 91, discovered 4 November 1866 at Marseilles; C-type, about 123 km across, orbital period 4.17 years, parent body of an asteroid family.
910 Anneliese
910 Anneliese (A919 EC) is a large main-belt asteroid about 48.6 km across, with albedo 0.057 and SMASSII spectral type Ch; its rotation period was first published in a 2015 Minor Planet Bulletin lightcurve study.
912 Maritima
912 Maritima (1919 FJ) is a roughly 83-km C-type main-belt asteroid discovered 27 April 1919 by A. Schwassmann at Bergedorf, with an exceptionally slow 1332-hour rotation and no close Earth approaches.
913 Otila
913 Otila (1919 FL), a numbered main-belt asteroid about 11.32 km across with albedo 0.245 and a 4.8024-hour rotation period; occulted a star over Australia in 2017.
914 Palisana
914 Palisana (1919 FN), a ~76 km carbonaceous CU-type inner main-belt asteroid discovered by Max Wolf on 4 July 1919 at Heidelberg, named for astronomer Johann Palisa; rotation period about 8.68 hours.
916 America
916 America (1915 S1) is a ~33 km main-belt asteroid discovered 7 August 1915 by G. N. Neujmin at Simeis, named for the American continent in gratitude for American Relief Administration famine aid; rotation period 37.29 hours.
917 Lyka
917 Lyka (1915 S4), main-belt asteroid discovered 5 September 1915 by G. N. Neujmin at Simeis; about 30-36 km, X-type, dark albedo 0.043, rotation period 7.88 hours, named for a friend of the discoverer's sister.
918 Itha
918 Itha (1919 FR, also listed as A919 QD) is a stony main-belt asteroid discovered 22 August 1919 by K. Reinmuth at Heidelberg; semimajor axis 2.8663 au, period 4.853 years, rotation period 3.37393 hours.
919 Ilsebill
919 Ilsebill (1918 EQ, A918 UD) is a 33.5 km C-type main-belt asteroid discovered 30 October 1918 by M. F. Wolf at Heidelberg; it orbits in 4.63 years, rotates in 5.03 hours, and is not potentially hazardous.
92 Undina
92 Undina is a large main-belt asteroid, roughly 126 km in diameter, discovered by Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters in 1867 and one of the two known hydrated M-type asteroids.