339 Dorothea

Dorothea (minor planet designation: 339 Dorothea) is a large main belt asteroid that was discovered by German astronomer Max Wolf on 25 September 1892 in Heidelberg.

339 Dorothea
Discovery
Discovered byMax Wolf
Discovery date25 September 1892
Designations
(339) Dorothea
Pronunciation/dɒəˈθə/[1]
Named after
Dorothea Klumpke
1892 G
Main belt (Eos)
Orbital characteristics[2]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc123.55 yr (45128 d)
Aphelion3.3041 AU (494.29 Gm)
Perihelion2.71937 AU (406.812 Gm)
3.01176 AU (450.553 Gm)
Eccentricity0.097082
5.23 yr (1909.1 d)
271.598°
0° 11m 18.852s / day
Inclination9.9640°
173.512°
164.360°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions38.25±1.6 km
5.974 h (0.2489 d)
0.2431±0.021
S (Tholen)
K (SMASSII)
9.24

    This is a member of the dynamic Eos family of asteroids that were probably formed as the result of a collisional breakup of a parent body.[3]

    References

    1. Noah Webster (1884) A Practical Dictionary of the English Language
    2. Yeomans, Donald K., "339 Dorothea", JPL Small-Body Database Browser, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, retrieved 11 May 2016.
    3. Veeder, G. J.; et al. (March 1995), "Eos, Koronis, and Maria family asteroids: Infrared (JHK) photometry", Icarus, 114, pp. 186–196, Bibcode:1995Icar..114..186V, CiteSeerX 10.1.1.31.2739, doi:10.1006/icar.1995.1053, retrieved 6 April 2013.


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