344 Desiderata
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Auguste Charlois |
| Discovery date | 15 November 1892 |
| Designations | |
Named after | Désirée Clary |
| 1892 M | |
| Main belt | |
| Orbital characteristics[1] | |
| Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 123.40 yr (45073 d) |
| Aphelion | 3.41189 AU (510.411 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 1.78384 AU (266.859 Gm) |
| 2.59786 AU (388.634 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.31334 |
| 4.19 yr (1529.4 d) | |
Average orbital speed | 18.49 km/s |
| 301.200° | |
| 0° 14m 7.39s / day | |
| Inclination | 18.3442° |
| 48.0488° | |
| 237.424° | |
| Earth MOID | 0.833806 AU (124.7356 Gm) |
| Jupiter MOID | 1.95457 AU (292.400 Gm) |
| Jupiter Tisserand parameter | 3.277 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions |
132.27±5.5 km[1] 129.20 ± 3.37 km[2] |
| Mass | (1.39± 0.48) × 1018 kg[2] |
Mean density | 1.22 ± 0.43 g/cm3[2] |
| 10.747 h (0.4478 d) | |
| 0.0592±0.005 | |
| C? | |
| 8.08 | |
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344 Desiderata is a very large main-belt asteroid. It is classified as a C-type asteroid and is probably composed of carbonaceous material.
It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on November 15, 1892, in Nice.
References
- 1 2 "344 Desiderata (1892 M)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
- 1 2 3 Carry, B. (December 2012), "Density of asteroids", Planetary and Space Science, 73, pp. 98–118, arXiv:1203.4336
, Bibcode:2012P&SS...73...98C, doi:10.1016/j.pss.2012.03.009. See Table 1.
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