235 Carolina
Carolina (minor planet designation: 235 Carolina) is a sizeable Main belt asteroid. It is an S-type asteroid.
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Johann Palisa |
| Discovery date | 28 November 1883 |
| Designations | |
| (235) Carolina | |
| Pronunciation | /kærəˈlaɪnə/[1] |
Named after | Caroline Island |
| A909 GJ, 1934 GY, 1939 GN, 1956 VK | |
| Main belt | |
| Orbital characteristics[2] | |
| Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 132.11 yr (48255 d) |
| Aphelion | 3.06301 AU (458.220 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 2.69787 AU (403.596 Gm) |
| 2.88044 AU (430.908 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.063383 |
| 4.89 yr (1785.6 d) | |
Average orbital speed | 17.54 km/s |
| 178.096° | |
| 0° 12m 5.803s / day | |
| Inclination | 9.03035° |
| 66.0344° | |
| 209.338° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 57.58±1.5 km |
| 17.610 h (0.7338 d) | |
| 0.1580±0.009 | |
| Temperature | unknown |
| S | |
| 8.9 | |
It was discovered by Johann Palisa on 28 November 1883 in Vienna.
The asteroid was named after Caroline Island, now part of Kiribati.
References
- Noah Webster (1884) A Practical Dictionary of the English Language
- "235 Carolina". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
External links
- Lightcurve plot of 235 Carolina, Palmer Divide Observatory, B. D. Warner (2007)
- Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB), query form (info)
- Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, Google books
- Asteroids and comets rotation curves, CdR – Observatoire de Genève, Raoul Behrend
- Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets (1)-(5000) – Minor Planet Center
- 235 Carolina at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
- 235 Carolina at the JPL Small-Body Database
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