284 Amalia

284 Amalia
Discovery
Discovered by Auguste Charlois
Discovery date 29 May 1889
Designations
MPC designation (284) Amalia
Main belt
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 122.66 yr (44800 d)
Aphelion 2.88122 AU (431.024 Gm)
Perihelion 1.83631 AU (274.708 Gm)
2.35876 AU (352.865 Gm)
Eccentricity 0.22149
3.62 yr (1323.2 d)
19.39 km/s
0.0848612°
 16m 19.445s / day
Inclination 8.05647°
233.716°
58.0568°
Earth MOID 0.835036 AU (124.9196 Gm)
Jupiter MOID 2.32218 AU (347.393 Gm)
Jupiter Tisserand parameter 3.506
Physical characteristics
Dimensions 52.95±2.6 km
Mass unknown
Mean density
unknown
Equatorial surface gravity
unknown
Equatorial escape velocity
unknown
8.545 h (0.3560 d)
0.0602±0.006
Temperature unknown
unknown
10.05

    284 Amalia is a large Main belt asteroid.[2] It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on 29 May 1889 in Nice.

    References

    1. "284 Amalia". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
    2. "284 Amalia". Asteroid Occulation. Retrieved 6 April 2015.


    This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.