344 Desiderata

344 Desiderata
	File:Орбита астероида 344.png 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° 14m 7.39s / 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)×1018 kg; (1.693 ± 0.463/0.498)×1018 kg
Mean density	1.22±0.43 g/cm3; 1.688 ± 0.462/0.496 g/cm3
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.^{[citation needed]} It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on 15 November 1892, in Nice.^{[citation needed]}

References

↑ "desideratum". Oxford English Dictionary (Online ed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription or participating institution membership required.)
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 "344 Desiderata (1892 M)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 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.
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 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.

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Discovery
File:Орбита астероида 344.png Orbital diagram
Discovered by	Auguste Charlois
Discovery date	15 November 1892
Designations
MPC designation	(344) Desiderata
Pronunciation	/dɪˌsɪdəˈreɪtə/^[1]
Named after	Désirée Clary
Alternative designations	1892 M
Minor planet category	Main belt
Orbital characteristics^[2]
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^m 7.39^s / day
Inclination	18.3442°
Longitude of ascending node	48.0488°
Argument of perihelion	237.424°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions	124.181±2.516 km^[2]^[3] 129.20 ± 3.37 km^[4]
Mass	(1.39±0.48)×10¹⁸ kg^[4] (1.693 ± 0.463/0.498)×10¹⁸ kg^[3]
Mean density	1.22±0.43 g/cm³^[4] 1.688 ± 0.462/0.496 g/cm³^[3]
Synodic rotation period	10.747 h (0.4478 d)
Geometric albedo	0.067±0.007^[2]
Spectral type	C?
Absolute magnitude (H)	8.34^[2]