214 Aschera Explained

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214 Aschera
Discovered:29 February 1880
Mpc Name:(214) Aschera
Alt Names:A880 DB, 1903 SE
1947 BP, 1948 JE
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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.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: 214 Aschera . . . 12 May 2016.