390 Alma

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390 Alma
Discovery
Discovered by Guillaume Bigourdan
Discovery date March 24, 1894
Designations
Named after Alma River
Alternative names 1894 BC; 1930 QW;
1950 BV; 1950 CH;
1953 YB; 1963 DF
Minor planet category Main belt (Eunomia family)
Orbital characteristics
Epoch 30 January 2005 (JD 2453400.5)
Aphelion 448.268 Gm (2.996 AU)
Perihelion 345.512 Gm (2.31 AU)
Semi-major axis 396.89 Gm (2.653 AU)
Eccentricity 0.129
Orbital period 1578.364 d (4.32 a)
Average orbital speed 18.21 km/s
Mean anomaly 258.381°
Inclination 12.144°
Longitude of ascending node 305.342°
Argument of perihelion 190.074°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions 24 km
Mass ~2×1016 kg (estimate)
Mean density ~2.7 g/cm³ (estimate)[3]
Equatorial surface gravity ~0.009 m/s² (estimate)
Escape velocity ~0.015 km/s (estimate)
Rotation period 0.156 d
Albedo 0.219
Temperature ~165 K
max: 250 K (-23 °C)
Spectral type S-type asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H) 10.39

    390 Alma is a typical medium-sized Eunomian asteroid. It was Guillaume Bigourdan's only asteroid discovery. He discovered it on March 24, 1894 in Paris.

    References

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