350 Ornamenta

350 Ornamenta

A three-dimensional model of 350 Ornamenta based on its light curve.
Discovery
Discovered by Auguste Charlois
Discovery date 14 December 1892
Designations
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)
16.88 km/s
177.109°
 10m 47.316s / day
Inclination 24.894°
90.106°
338.34°
Earth MOID 1.63874 AU (245.152 Gm)
Jupiter MOID 1.69826 AU (254.056 Gm)
Jupiter Tisserand parameter 3.058
Physical characteristics
Dimensions 118.35±4.5 km
9.178 h (0.3824 d)
0.0566±0.005
C
8.37

    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.

    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

    1. Yeomans, Donald K., "164 Eva", JPL Small-Body Database Browser, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, retrieved 11 May 2016.
    2. Lutz D. Schmadel, Dictionary of Minor Planet Names: Addendum to Fifth Edition: 2006 - 2008.
    3. Novaković, Bojan; et al. (November 2011), "Families among high-inclination asteroids", Icarus, 216 (1), pp. 69–81, arXiv:1108.3740Freely accessible, Bibcode:2011Icar..216...69N, doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2011.08.016.

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