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286 Iclea
Orbital diagram
Discovery
Discovered byJohann Palisa
Discovery date3 August 1889
Designations
(286) Iclea
PronunciationFrench: [ikle.a]
Named after
Icléa
A889 PB
Main belt
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc117.95 yr (43,083 d)
Aphelion3.287 AU (491.8 Gm)
Perihelion3.102 AU (464.1 Gm)
3.195 AU (477.9 Gm)
Eccentricity0.028921
5.71 yr (2,085.8 d)
49.3850°
0° 10m 21.335s / day
Inclination17.9010°
149.115°
213.463°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions94.30±2.6 km[2]
15.365 h (0.6402 d)[3]
0.0508±0.003
9.0

286 Iclea is a large main-belt asteroid.[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]

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

  1. ^ a b c "286 Iclea". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
  2. ^ a b Tedesco, Edward F.; Noah, Paul V.; Noah, Meg; Price, Stephan D. (February 2002). "The Supplemental IRAS Minor Planet Survey". The Astronomical Journal. 123 (2): 1056–1085. Bibcode:2002AJ....123.1056T. doi:10.1086/338320.
  3. ^ a b Cooney, Walter R. Jr.; Pravec, Petr (September 2002). "Rotation Period and Lightcurve of Minor Planet 286 Iclea". The Minor Planet Bulletin. 29: 48–49. Bibcode:2002MPBu...29...48C.
  4. ^ "Osculating elements from astorb-database for 286 Iclea". The Centaur Research Project. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
  5. ^ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2012). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Berlin Heidelberg New York: Springer. p. 38. ISBN 9783642297182.
  6. ^ Flammarion, Camille (1891). Uranie. Collection Guillaume.