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Main-belt asteroid From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
214 Aschera is a Main belt asteroid. It was discovered by Austrian astronomer Johann Palisa on February 29, 1880, in Pola and was named after the Sidonian goddess Asherah.
Discovery | |
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Discovered by | Johann Palisa |
Discovery date | 29 February 1880 |
Designations | |
(214) Aschera | |
Pronunciation | /əˈʃɪərə/[1] |
A880 DB, 1903 SE 1947 BP, 1948 JE 1949 QG2, 1949 SX1 1950 XH, 1953 OO | |
Main belt | |
Orbital characteristics[2] | |
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
Observation arc | 136.09 yr (49707 d) |
Aphelion | 2.6938 AU (402.99 Gm) |
Perihelion | 2.5279 AU (378.17 Gm) |
2.6108 AU (390.57 Gm) | |
Eccentricity | 0.031762 |
4.22 yr (1540.9 d) | |
Average orbital speed | 18.43 km/s |
167.065° | |
0° 14m 1.068s / day | |
Inclination | 3.4364° |
341.997° | |
131.579° | |
Physical characteristics | |
Dimensions | 23.16±1.0 km |
6.835 h (0.2848 d) | |
0.5220±0.048 | |
E | |
9.2 | |
It is classified as a rare E-type asteroid and is fairly faint for an object of its type. The overall diameter is estimated to be 23 km and it has a geometric albedo of 0.52.[3] Photometric observations show a rotation period of 6.835 ± 0.001 hours with a brightness variation of 0.20 in magnitude. Using a tri-axial ellipsoidal model derived from light curve data, the overall shape of the asteroid is estimated to be a/b = 1.24 ± 0.12 and b/c = 1.83 ± 0.10, where a, b, c are the three axes of an ellipsoid.[4]
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