284 Amalia Explained

Minorplanet:yes
Background:
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284 Amalia
Discovered:29 May 1889
Mpc Name:(284) Amalia
Alt Names:A889 KA
Epoch:31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Semimajor:2.35876AU
Perihelion:1.83631AU
Time Periastron:2023-Oct-29
Aphelion:2.88122abbr=onNaNabbr=on
Eccentricity:0.22149
Period:1323.2days
Inclination:8.05647°
Asc Node:233.716°
Arg Peri:58.0568°
Avg Speed:19.39 km/s
Rotation:8.545abbr=onNaNabbr=on
Abs Magnitude:10.05
Mean Motion: / day
Observation Arc:44800days
Uncertainty:0

284 Amalia is a large main belt asteroid. It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on 29 May 1889 in Nice. This is classified as a Ch-type asteroid in the Bus taxonomy and CX in the Tholen system. It has been observed occulting stars on five occasions as of 2018, which provide a diameter estimate of via a fitted ellipse plot.