344 Desiderata is a very large main-belt asteroid. It is classified as a C-type asteroid and is probably composed of carbonaceous material.[citation needed]
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Auguste Charlois |
| Discovery date | 15 November 1892 |
| Designations | |
| (344) Desiderata | |
| Pronunciation | /dɪˌsɪdəˈreɪtə/[1] |
Named after | Désirée Clary |
| 1892 M | |
| Main belt | |
| Orbital characteristics[2] | |
| Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 123.40 yr (45073 d) |
| Aphelion | 3.41189 AU (510.411 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 1.78384 AU (266.859 Gm) |
| 2.59786 AU (388.634 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.31334 |
| 4.19 yr (1529.4 d) | |
| 301.200° | |
| 0° 14m 7.39s / day | |
| Inclination | 18.3442° |
| 48.0488° | |
| 237.424° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 124.181±2.516 km[2][3] 129.20 ± 3.37 km[4] |
| Mass | (1.39±0.48)×1018 kg[4] (1.693 ± 0.463/0.498)×1018 kg[3] |
Mean density | 1.22±0.43 g/cm3[4] 1.688 ± 0.462/0.496 g/cm3[3] |
| 10.747 h (0.4478 d) | |
| 0.067±0.007[2] | |
| C? | |
| 8.34[2] | |
It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on 15 November 1892, in Nice.[citation needed]
- ^ “desideratum”. Oxford English Dictionary (Online ed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription or participating institution membership required.)
- ^ a b c d “344 Desiderata (1892 M)”. JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
- ^ a b c Fienga, A.; Avdellidou, C.; Hanuš, J. (February 2020). “Asteroid masses obtained with INPOP planetary ephemerides”. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 492 (1): 589–602. doi:10.1093/mnras/stz3407.
- ^ a b c Carry, B. (December 2012), “Density of asteroids”, Planetary and Space Science, 73 (1): 98–118, arXiv:1203.4336, Bibcode:2012P&SS…73…98C, doi:10.1016/j.pss.2012.03.009. See Table 1.
- 344 Desiderata at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
- 344 Desiderata at the JPL Small-Body Database
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