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 | |
|---|---|
| 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 14 December 1892, in Nice, France. It was named in 1905 in honor of Antoinette Horneman, who was a member of the Société astronomique de France.[2]
During 2002, the asteroid was observed occulting a star. The resulting chords provided a diameter estimate of 99.5 km.[3]
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.[4]
References
edit- ^ Yeomans, Donald K., "164 Eva", JPL Small-Body Database Browser, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, retrieved 11 May 2016.
- ^ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2011). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names (Addendum to Fifth Edition: 2006–2008 ed.). Springer. ISBN 978-3-642-01966-1.
- ^ Shevchenko, Vasilij G.; Tedesco, Edward F. (September 2006), "Asteroid albedos deduced from stellar occultations", Icarus, 184 (1): 211–220, Bibcode:2006Icar..184..211S, doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2006.04.006.
- ^ Novaković, Bojan; et al. (November 2011), "Families among high-inclination asteroids", Icarus, vol. 216, no. 1, pp. 69–81, arXiv:1108.3740, Bibcode:2011Icar..216...69N, doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2011.08.016.
External links
edit- 350 Ornamenta at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
- 350 Ornamenta at the JPL Small-Body Database
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