390 Alma
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A three-dimensional model of 390 Alma based on its light curve. | |
| Discovery | |
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| Discovered by | Guillaume Bigourdan |
| Discovery date | March 24, 1894 |
| Designations | |
Named after | Alma River |
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1894 BC; 1930 QW; 1950 BV; 1950 CH; 1953 YB; 1963 DF | |
| 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) |
| 396.89 Gm (2.653 AU) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.129 |
| 1578.364 d (4.32 a) | |
Average orbital speed | 18.21 km/s |
| 258.381° | |
| Inclination | 12.144° |
| 305.342° | |
| 190.074° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 24 km |
| Mass | ~2×1016 kg (estimate) |
Mean density | ~2.7 g/cm³ (estimate)[3] |
| ~0.009 m/s² (estimate) | |
| ~0.015 km/s (estimate) | |
| 0.156 d | |
| Albedo | 0.219 |
| Temperature |
~165 K max: 250 K (-23 °C) |
Spectral type | S-type asteroid |
| 10.39 | |
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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
- PDS lightcurve data
- G. A. Krasinsky et al. Hidden Mass in the Asteroid Belt, Icarus, Vol. 158, p. 98 (2002).
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