Marbachia (minor planet designation: 565 Marbachia) is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. It was named after the German city of Marbach on the river Neckar, birthplace of the writer Friedrich Schiller. This is classified as a D-type asteroid, although it displays a type of polarimetric behavior that is a characteristic of the "barbarians" class. Light curve analysis based on photometric data show a rotation period of with a brightness variation of 0.30 in magnitude. References External links Lightcurve plot of (565) Marbachia, Antelope Hills Observatory Background asteroids Marbachia Marbachia S-type asteroids (Tholen) 19050509