350 Ornamenta
A three-dimensional model of 350 Ornamenta based on its light curve
Discovery
Discovered byAuguste Charlois
Discovery date14 December 1892
Designations
(350) Ornamenta
Pronunciation/ˌɔːrnəˈmɛntə/
1892 U
Main belt
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc123.34 yr (45051 d)
Aphelion3.6041 AU (539.17 Gm)
Perihelion2.61365 AU (390.996 Gm)
3.10885 AU (465.077 Gm)
Eccentricity0.15929
5.48 yr (2002.2 d)
177.109°
0° 10m 47.316s / day
Inclination24.894°
90.106°
338.34°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions118.35±4.5 km
9.178 h (0.3824 d)
0.0566±0.005
C
8.37

    Ornamenta (minor planet designation: 350 Ornamenta) is a relatively large main-belt asteroid, measuring 118 km in diameter. It is classified as a C-type asteroid and is probably composed of carbonaceous material.

    Ornamenta was discovered by Auguste Charlois on December 14, 1892, in Nice, France. It was named in 1905 in honor of Antoinette Horneman, who was a member of the Société astronomique de France.[2]

    During 2002, the asteroid was observed occulting a star. The resulting chords provided a diameter estimate of 99.5 km.[3]

    This object is the namesake of a family of 14–93 asteroids that share similar spectral properties and orbital elements; hence they may have arisen from the same collisional event. All members have a relatively high orbital inclination.[4]

    References

    1. ↑ Yeomans, Donald K., "164 Eva", JPL Small-Body Database Browser, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, retrieved 11 May 2016.
    2. ↑ Lutz D. Schmadel (2011). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names (Addendum to Fifth Edition: 2006–2008 ed.). Springer. ISBN 978-3-642-01966-1.
    3. ↑ Shevchenko, Vasilij G.; Tedesco, Edward F. (September 2006), "Asteroid albedos deduced from stellar occultations", Icarus, 184 (1): 211–220, Bibcode:2006Icar..184..211S, doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2006.04.006.
    4. ↑ Novaković, Bojan; et al. (November 2011), "Families among high-inclination asteroids", Icarus, vol. 216, no. 1, pp. 69–81, arXiv:1108.3740, Bibcode:2011Icar..216...69N, doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2011.08.016.


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