286 Iclea
Iclea is a large main belt asteroid with the minor planet designation, 286 Iclea.[4] It was discovered by Austrian astronomer Johann Palisa on 3 August 1889 in Vienna, and named for the heroine of Camille Flammarion's astronomical romance Uranie.[5][6] This object is orbiting the Sun at a distance of 3.19 AU with a period of 5.711 years and an orbital eccentricity (ovalness) of 0.029. The orbital plane is tilted at an angle of 17.9° to the plane of the ecliptic.[1]
 Orbital diagram | |
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Johann Palisa |
| Discovery date | 3 August 1889 |
| Designations | |
| (286) Iclea | |
| Pronunciation | French: [ikle.a] |
Named after | Icléa |
| A889 PB | |
| Main belt | |
| Orbital characteristics[1] | |
| Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 117.95 yr (43,083 d) |
| Aphelion | 3.287 AU (491.8 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 3.102 AU (464.1 Gm) |
| 3.195 AU (477.9 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.028921 |
| 5.71 yr (2,085.8 d) | |
| 49.3850° | |
| 0° 10m 21.335s / day | |
| Inclination | 17.9010° |
| 149.115° | |
| 213.463° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 94.30±2.6 km[2] |
| 15.365 h (0.6402 d)[3] | |
| 0.0508±0.003 | |
| 9.0 | |
This asteroid has a classification of CX in the Tholen taxonomy, indicating a generally carbonaceous composition.[1] Infrared measurements indicate a cross-sectional diameter of approximately 94.3 km.[2] Photometric observations of this asteroid in 2001 provided a light curve that was used to derive a synodic rotation period of 15.365±0.002 hours with an amplitude of 0.15 magnitude.[3]
References
- "286 Iclea". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
- Tedesco, Edward F.; et al. (February 2002). "The Supplemental IRAS Minor Planet Survey". The Astronomical Journal. 123 (2): 1056–1085. Bibcode:2002AJ....123.1056T. doi:10.1086/338320.
- Cooney, W. R., Jr.; Pravec, P. (September 2002). "Rotation Period and Lightcurve of Minor Planet 286 Iclea". The Minor Planet Bulletin. 29: 48–49. Bibcode:2002MPBu...29...48C.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - "Osculating elements from astorb-database for 286 Iclea". The Centaur Research Project. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
- Schmadel, Lutz D. (2012). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Berlin Heidelberg New York: Springer. p. 38. ISBN 9783642297182.
- Flammarion, Camille (1891). Uranie. Collection Guillaume.
External links
- 286 Iclea at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
- 286 Iclea at the JPL Small-Body Database