390 Alma

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390 Alma
Discovery A
Discoverer Guillaume Bigourdan
Discovery date March 24, 1894
Alternate
designations
B
1894 BC; 1930 QW;
1950 BV; 1950 CH;
1953 YB; 1963 DF
Category Main belt (Eunomia family)
Orbital elements C
Epoch 30 January 2005 (JD 2453400.5)
Eccentricity (e) 0.129
Semi-major axis (a) 396.89 Gm (2.653 AU)
Perihelion (q) 345.512 Gm (2.31 AU)
Aphelion (Q) 448.268 Gm (2.996 AU)
Orbital period (P) 1578.364 d (4.32 a)
Mean orbital speed 18.21 km/s
Inclination (i) 12.144°
Longitude of the
ascending node
(Ω)
305.342°
Argument of
perihelion
(ω)
190.074°
Mean anomaly (M) 258.381°
Physical characteristics D
Dimensions 24 km[1]
Mass ~2×1016 kg (estimate)
Density ~2.7 g/cm³ (estimate)[3]
Surface gravity ~0.009 m/s² (estimate)
Escape velocity ~0.015 km/s (estimate)
Rotation period 0.156 d [2]
Spectral class S-type asteroid
Absolute magnitude 10.39
Albedo (geometric) 0.219
Mean surface
temperature
~165 K
max: 250 K (-23 °C)
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390 Alma is a typical medium sized Main belt asteroid.

It was Guillaume Bigourdan's only asteroid discovery. He discovered it on March 24, 1894 in Paris.

[edit] References

  1. PDS lightcurve data
  2. G. A. Krasinsky et al Hidden Mass in the Asteroid Belt, Icarus, Vol. 158, p. 98 (2002).