350 Ornamenta
Discovery | |
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Discovered by | Auguste Charlois |
Discovery date | 14 December 1892 |
Designations | |
MPC designation | (350) Ornamenta |
Pronunciation | /ˌɔːrnəˈmɛntə/ |
1892 U | |
Minor planet category | Main belt |
Orbital characteristics[1] | |
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
Observation arc | 123.34 yr (45051 d) |
Aphelion | 3.6041 AU (539.17 Gm) |
Perihelion | 2.61365 AU (390.996 Gm) |
3.10885 AU (465.077 Gm) | |
Eccentricity | 0.15929 |
5.48 yr (2002.2 d) | |
177.109° | |
0° 10m 47.316s / day | |
Inclination | 24.894° |
90.106° | |
338.34° | |
Physical characteristics | |
Dimensions | 118.35±4.5 km |
Synodic rotation period | 9.178 h (0.3824 d) |
0.0566±0.005 | |
C | |
Absolute magnitude (H) | 8.37 |
Ornamenta (minor planet designation: 350 Ornamenta) is a relatively large main-belt asteroid, measuring 118 km in diameter. It is classified as a C-type asteroid and is probably composed of carbonaceous material.
Ornamenta was discovered by Auguste Charlois on December 14, 1892, in Nice, France. It was named in 1905 after , who was a member of the Société astronomique de France.[2]
During 2002, the asteroid was observed occulting a star. The resulting chords provided a diameter estimate of 99.5 km.[3]
This object is the namesake of a family of 14–93 asteroids that share similar spectral properties and orbital elements; hence they may have arisen from the same collisional event. All members have a relatively high orbital inclination.[4]
References[]
- ^ Yeomans, Donald K., "164 Eva", JPL Small-Body Database Browser, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, retrieved 11 May 2016.
- ^ Lutz D. Schmadel (2011). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names (Addendum to Fifth Edition: 2006–2008 ed.). Springer. ISBN 978-3-642-01966-1.
- ^ Shevchenko, Vasilij G.; Tedesco, Edward F. (September 2006), "Asteroid albedos deduced from stellar occultations", Icarus, 184 (1): 211–220, Bibcode:2006Icar..184..211S, doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2006.04.006.
- ^ Novaković, Bojan; et al. (November 2011), "Families among high-inclination asteroids", Icarus, vol. 216, no. 1, pp. 69–81, arXiv:1108.3740, Bibcode:2011Icar..216...69N, doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2011.08.016.
External links[]
- 350 Ornamenta at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
- 350 Ornamenta at the JPL Small-Body Database
Categories:
- Minor planet object articles (numbered)
- Background asteroids
- Discoveries by Auguste Charlois
- Minor planets named for people
- Named minor planets
- C-type asteroids (Tholen)
- Astronomical objects discovered in 1892
- C-type main-belt-asteroid stubs