 Orbital diagram | |
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Auguste Charlois |
| Discovery date | 15 November 1892 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | (344) Desiderata |
| Pronunciation | /dɪˌsɪdəˈreɪtə/ |
| Named after | Désirée Clary |
| Alternative designations | 1892 M |
| Minor planet category | Main belt |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| 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) |
| Semi-major axis | 2.59786 AU (388.634 Gm) |
| Eccentricity | 0.31334 |
| Orbital period (sidereal) | 4.19 yr (1529.4 d) |
| Mean anomaly | 301.200° |
| Mean motion | 0° 14 7.39 / day |
| Inclination | 18.3442° |
| Longitude of ascending node | 48.0488° |
| Argument of perihelion | 237.424° |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 124.181±2.516 km 129.20 ± 3.37 km |
| Mass | (1.39±0.48)×10 kg (1.693 ± 0.463/0.498)×10 kg |
| Mean density | 1.22±0.43 g/cm 1.688 ± 0.462/0.496 g/cm |
| Synodic rotation period | 10.747 h (0.4478 d) |
| Geometric albedo | 0.067±0.007 |
| Spectral type | C? |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 8.34 |
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 15 November 1892, in Nice.
References
- "desideratum". Oxford English Dictionary (Online ed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription or participating institution membership required.)
- ^ "344 Desiderata (1892 M)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
- ^ Fienga, A.; Avdellidou, C.; Hanuš, J. (February 2020). "Asteroid masses obtained with INPOP planetary ephemerides". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 492 (1): 589–602. doi:10.1093/mnras/stz3407.
- ^ Carry, B. (December 2012), "Density of asteroids", Planetary and Space Science, 73 (1): 98–118, arXiv:1203.4336, Bibcode:2012P&SS...73...98C, doi:10.1016/j.pss.2012.03.009. See Table 1.
External links
- 344 Desiderata at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
- 344 Desiderata at the JPL Small-Body Database
| Minor planets navigator | |
|---|---|
| Small Solar System bodies | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minor planets |
| ||||||
| Comets | |||||||
| Other | |||||||
_mathilde.jpg){kind=small} | This article about a C-type asteroid native to the asteroid belt is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it. |