350 Ornamenta
Ornamenta (minor planet designation: 350 Ornamenta) is a relatively large main-belt asteroid, measuring 118 km in diameter. It is classified as a C-type asteroid and is probably composed of carbonaceous material.
A three-dimensional model of 350 Ornamenta based on its light curve | |
Discovery | |
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Discovered by | Auguste Charlois |
Discovery date | 14 December 1892 |
Designations | |
(350) Ornamenta | |
Pronunciation | /ˌɔːrnəˈmɛntə/ |
1892 U | |
Main belt | |
Orbital characteristics[1] | |
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
Observation arc | 123.34 yr (45051 d) |
Aphelion | 3.6041 AU (539.17 Gm) |
Perihelion | 2.61365 AU (390.996 Gm) |
3.10885 AU (465.077 Gm) | |
Eccentricity | 0.15929 |
5.48 yr (2002.2 d) | |
177.109° | |
0° 10m 47.316s / day | |
Inclination | 24.894° |
90.106° | |
338.34° | |
Physical characteristics | |
Dimensions | 118.35±4.5 km |
9.178 h (0.3824 d) | |
0.0566±0.005 | |
C | |
8.37 | |
Ornamenta was discovered by Auguste Charlois on December 14, 1892, in Nice, France. It was named in 1905 after Antoinette Horneman, who was a member of the Société astronomique de France.[2]
This object is the namesake of a family of 14–93 asteroids that share similar spectral properties and orbital elements; hence they may have arisen from the same collisional event. All members have a relatively high orbital inclination.[3]
References
- Yeomans, Donald K., "164 Eva", JPL Small-Body Database Browser, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, retrieved 11 May 2016.
- Lutz D. Schmadel (2011). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names (Addendum to Fifth Edition: 2006–2008 ed.). Springer. ISBN 978-3-642-01966-1.
- Novaković, Bojan; et al. (November 2011), "Families among high-inclination asteroids", Icarus, 216 (1), pp. 69–81, arXiv:1108.3740, Bibcode:2011Icar..216...69N, doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2011.08.016.
External links
- 350 Ornamenta at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
- 350 Ornamenta at the JPL Small-Body Database
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