| Minorplanet: | yes |
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| 214 Aschera | |
| Discovered: | 29 February 1880 |
| Mpc Name: | (214) Aschera |
| Alt Names: | A880 DB, 1903 SE 1947 BP, 1948 JE , 1950 XH, 1953 OO |
| Epoch: | 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) |
| Semimajor: | 2.6108AU |
| Perihelion: | 2.5279AU |
| Aphelion: | 2.6938abbr=onNaNabbr=on |
| Eccentricity: | 0.031762 |
| Period: | 4.22 yr (1540.9 d) |
| Inclination: | 3.4364° |
| Asc Node: | 341.997° |
| Arg Peri: | 131.579° |
| Avg Speed: | 18.43 km/s |
| Rotation: | 6.835abbr=onNaNabbr=on |
| Abs Magnitude: | 9.2 |
| Mean Motion: | / day |
| Orbit Ref: | [1] |
| Observation Arc: | 136.09 yr (49707 d) |
| Uncertainty: | 0 |
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.
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. Photometric observations show a rotation period of 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.