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.