344 Desiderata

Desiderata (minor planet designation: 344 Desiderata) is a very large main-belt asteroid. It is classified as a C-type asteroid and is probably composed of carbonaceous material.

344 Desiderata
Orbital diagram
Discovery
Discovered byAuguste Charlois
Discovery date15 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 arc123.40 yr (45073 d)
Aphelion3.41189 AU (510.411 Gm)
Perihelion1.78384 AU (266.859 Gm)
Semi-major axis
2.59786 AU (388.634 Gm)
Eccentricity0.31334
4.19 yr (1529.4 d)
301.200°
0° 14m 7.39s / day
Inclination18.3442°
48.0488°
Argument of perihelion
237.424°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions124.181±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.

    References
    1. "desideratum". Oxford English Dictionary (Online ed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription or participating institution membership required.)
    2. "344 Desiderata (1892 M)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
    3. Fienga, A.; Avdellidou, C.; Hanuš, J. (February 2020). "Asteroid masses obtained with INPOP planetary ephemerides". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 492 (1). doi:10.1093/mnras/stz3407.
    4. Carry, B. (December 2012), "Density of asteroids", Planetary and Space Science, vol. 73, pp. 98–118, arXiv:1203.4336, Bibcode:2012P&SS...73...98C, doi:10.1016/j.pss.2012.03.009. See Table 1.
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