Carolina (minor planet designation: 235 Carolina) is a sizeable Main belt asteroid. It was discovered by Austrian astronomer Johann Palisa on 28 November 1883 in Vienna, and was named after Caroline Island, now part of Kiribati in the Pacific Ocean. This asteroid is orbiting the Sun at a distance of 2.88 AU with a period of 4.89 yr and an eccentricity (ovalness) of 0.06. The orbital plane is tilted at an angle of 9.0° to the plane of the ecliptic.[2]
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| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Johann Palisa |
| Discovery date | 28 November 1883 |
| Designations | |
| (235) Carolina | |
| Pronunciation | /kærəˈlaɪnə/[1] |
Named after | Caroline Island |
| A883 WA, 1909 GJ 1934 GY, 1939 GN 1956 VK | |
| Main belt | |
| Orbital characteristics[2] | |
| Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 132.11 yr (48,255 d) |
| Aphelion | 3.06301 AU (458.220 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 2.69787 AU (403.596 Gm) |
| 2.88044 AU (430.908 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.063383 |
| 4.89 yr (1,785.6 d) | |
| 17.1600 ± 0.0004 hr | |
Average orbital speed | 17.54 km/s |
| 178.096° | |
| 0° 12m 5.803s / day | |
| Inclination | 9.03035° |
| 66.0344° | |
| 209.338° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 57.58±1.5 km |
| 17.610 h (0.7338 d)[3] | |
| 0.1580±0.009 | |
| S | |
| 8.9 | |
Photometric data collected during 2007 were used to construct a light curve that demonstrated a rotation period of 17.1600±0.0004 h with a brightness variation of 0.30±0.02 in magnitude.[3][4] It is a stony S-type asteroid.
References edit
- ^ Noah Webster (1884) A Practical Dictionary of the English Language
- ^ a b "235 Carolina". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
- ^ a b Warner, Brian D.; et al. (December 2007), "Lightcurve Analysis of 235 Carolina", Bulletin of the Minor Planets Section of the Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers, 34 (4): 100, Bibcode:2007MPBu...34..100W.
- ^ Warner, B.D.; Stephens, R.D.; Behrend, R; Poncy, R; Klotz, A; Dyvig, R (2007). "Lightcurve Analysis of 235 Carolina". The Minor Planet Bulletin. 34: 100. Bibcode:2007MPBu...34..100W. ISSN 1052-8091.
External links edit
- The Asteroid Orbital Elements Database
- Minor Planet Discovery Circumstances
- Asteroid Lightcurve Data File
- Lightcurve plot of 235 Carolina, Palmer Divide Observatory, B. D. Warner (2007)
- Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB), query form (info Archived 16 December 2017 at the Wayback Machine)
- Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, Google books
- Asteroids and comets rotation curves, CdR – Observatoire de Genève, Raoul Behrend
- Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets (1)-(5000) – Minor Planet Center
- 235 Carolina at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
- 235 Carolina at the JPL Small-Body Database
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