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Discovery
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| Discovered by | Johann Palisa |
| Discovery date | March 30, 1882 |
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Designations
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| Named after | Pacific Ocean |
| Alternate name(s) | A899 EA, 1933 HO |
| Minor planet category |
Main belt |
| Epoch 30 January 2005 (JD 2453400.5) | |
| Aphelion | 413.786 Gm (2.766 AU) |
| Perihelion | 377.661 Gm (2.525 AU) |
| Semi-major axis | 395.723 Gm (2.645 AU) |
| Eccentricity | 0.046 |
| Orbital period | 1571.409 d (4.3 a) |
| Average orbital speed | 18.31 km/s |
| Mean anomaly | 119.434° |
| Inclination | 5.838° |
| Longitude of ascending node | 353.03° |
| Argument of perihelion | 284.121° |
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Physical characteristics
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| Dimensions | 62.0 km |
| Mass | unknown |
| Mean density | unknown |
| Equatorial surface gravity | unknown |
| Escape velocity | unknown |
| Rotation period | 18.933 h |
| Albedo | 0.169 |
| Temperature | unknown |
| Spectral type | M |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 8.59 |
224 Oceana is a sizeable Main belt asteroid. It is an M-type, but is not metallic.
It was discovered by Johann Palisa on March 30, 1882 in Vienna.
It was named after the Pacific Ocean.
224 Oceana was one of five minor planets included in the 1993 study, Transition Comets -- UV Search for OH Emissions in Asteroids, which was research involving amateur astronomers who were permitted to make use of the Hubble Space Telescope.
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