364 Isara

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364 Isara
Discovery A
Discoverer Auguste Charlois
Discovery date March 19, 1893
Alternate
designations
B
1893 T; 1976 AB
Category Main belt (Flora family)
Orbital elements C
Epoch 30 January 2005 (JD 2453400.5)
Eccentricity (e) 0.149
Semi-major axis (a) 332.176 Gm (2.220 AU)
Perihelion (q) 282.717 Gm (1.89 AU)
Aphelion (Q) 381.634 Gm (2.551 AU)
Orbital period (P) 1208.52 d (3.31 a)
Mean orbital speed 19.99 km/s
Inclination (i) 6.003°
Longitude of the
ascending node
(Ω)
105.675°
Argument of
perihelion
(ω)
312.534°
Mean anomaly (M) 32.374°
Physical characteristics D
Dimensions 28 km [1]
Mass ~3×1016 (estimate)
Density ~2.7 g/cm³ (estimate) [2]
Surface gravity ~0.01 m/s² (estimate)
Escape velocity ~0.02 km/s (estimate)
Rotation period 0.380 d (9.155 h) [3]
Spectral class S [3]
Absolute magnitude 9.86
Albedo (geometric) 0.257 [1]
Mean surface
temperature
~178 K
max: 273 K (0°C)
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364 Isara is an asteroid belonging to the Flora family in the Main Belt. It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on March 19, 1893 in Nice.

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Supplemental IRAS Minor Planet Survey
  2. ^ G. A. Krasinsky et al (2002). "Hidden Mass in the Asteroid Belt". Icarus 158: 98. doi:10.1006/icar.2002.6837. 
  3. ^ a b PDS lightcurve data