Astronomy:344 Desiderata
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Short description: Main-belt asteroid
 Orbital diagram | |
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Auguste Charlois |
| Discovery date | 15 November 1892 |
| Designations | |
| (344) Desiderata | |
| Pronunciation | /dɪˌsɪdəˈreɪtə/[1] |
| Named after | Désirée Clary |
| 1892 M | |
| Minor planet category | Main belt |
| Orbital characteristics[2] | |
| Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 123.40 yr (45073 d) |
| |{{{apsis}}}|helion}} | 3.41189 astronomical unit|AU (510.411 Gm) |
| |{{{apsis}}}|helion}} | 1.78384 AU (266.859 Gm) |
| 2.59786 AU (388.634 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.31334 |
| Orbital period | 4.19 yr (1529.4 d) |
| Mean anomaly | 301.200° |
| Mean motion | 0° 14m 7.39s / day |
| Inclination | 18.3442° |
| Longitude of ascending node | 48.0488° |
| 237.424° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 132.27±5.5 km[2] 129.20 ± 3.37 km[3] |
| Mass | (1.39± 0.48) × 1018 kg[3] |
| Mean density | 1.22 ± 0.43 g/cm3[3] |
| Rotation period | 10.747 h (0.4478 d) |
| Geometric albedo | 0.0592±0.005 |
| C? | |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 8.08 |
Desiderata (minor planet designation: 344 Desiderata) is a very large main-belt asteroid. It is classified as a C-type asteroid and is probably composed of carbonaceous material.[citation needed]
It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on 15 November 1892, in Nice.[citation needed]
References
- ↑ desideratum (3rd ed.), Oxford University Press, September 2005, http://oed.com/search?searchType=dictionary&q=desideratum (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "344 Desiderata (1892 M)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=344;cad=1.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Carry, B. (December 2012), "Density of asteroids", Planetary and Space Science 73: pp. 98–118, doi:10.1016/j.pss.2012.03.009, Bibcode: 2012P&SS...73...98C. See Table 1.
External links
- 344 Desiderata at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
- 344 Desiderata at the JPL Small-Body Database
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