326 Tamara is a large Main belt asteroid. It is classified as a C-type asteroid and is probably composed of carbonaceous material. It is the largest member and namesake of the Tamara Family, a 264 million year-old sub-family of the collisional Phocaea family.
 Orbital diagram | |
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Johann Palisa |
| Discovery date | 19 March 1892 |
| Designations | |
| (326) Tamara | |
| Pronunciation | /ˈtæmərə/[1] |
Named after | Tamar of Georgia |
| Main belt | |
| Orbital characteristics[2] | |
| Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 122.57 yr (44770 d) |
| Aphelion | 2.75738 AU (412.498 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 1.87764 AU (280.891 Gm) |
| 2.31751 AU (346.695 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.18980 |
| 3.53 yr (1288.6 d) | |
| 26.2160° | |
| 0° 16m 45.714s / day | |
| Inclination | 23.7294° |
| 32.2069° | |
| 2023-May-19 | |
| 238.542° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 93.00±1.7 km |
| 14.445 h (0.6019 d) | |
| 0.0368±0.001 | |
| C | |
| 9.36 | |
It was discovered by Johann Palisa on 19 March 1892 in Vienna and is named after Tamar of Georgia. Name was given by Grand Duke George Alexandrovich of Russia.[3]
References
edit- ^ 'Tamarus' in Noah Webster (1884) A Practical Dictionary of the English Language
- ^ "326 Tamara". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
- ^ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2007). "(326) Tamara". Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (326) Tamara. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. pp. 42–43. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_327. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3.
External links
edit- 326 Tamara at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
- 326 Tamara at the JPL Small-Body Database
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