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302 Clarissa

302 Clarissa
Discovery A
Discoverer Auguste Charlois
Discovery Date November 14, 1890
Alternate
Designations
B
Category Main belt
Orbital Elements C
Epoch 30 January, 2005 (JD 2453400.5)
Eccentricity (e) 0.112
Semi-Major Axis (a) 359.8 Gm (2.405 AU)
Perihelion (q) 319.384 Gm (2.135 AU)
Aphelion (Q) 400.215 Gm (2.675 AU)
Orbital Period (P) 1362.364 d (3.73 a)
Mean Orbital Speed 19.21 km/s
Inclination (i) 3.413°
Longitude of the
Ascending Node
(Ω)
7.967°
Argument of
Perihelion
(ω)
54.677°
Mean Anomaly (M) 184.296°
Physical Characteristics
Dimensions 39.0 km
Mass unknown
Density unknown
Surface Gravity unknown
Escape Velocity unknown
Rotation Period unknown
Spectral Class C
Absolute Magnitude 10.89
Albedo unknown
Mean Surface
Temperature
unknown

302 Clarissa is a typical Main belt asteroid. It is classified as a C-type asteroid and is probably composed of privitive carbonates.

It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on November 14, 1890 in Nice.


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