- 234 Barbara
Infobox Planet | discovery=yes | physical_characteristics = yes | bgcolour=#FFFFC0 | name=234 Barbara
discoverer=C. H. F. Peters
discovered=August 12 ,1883
alt_names=1942 RL1, 1953 RE,
1975 XP
mp_category=Main belt
epoch=30 January ,2005 (JD 2453400.5)
semimajor=356.935 Gm (2.386 AU)
perihelion=269.817 Gm (1.804 AU)
aphelion=444.054 Gm (2.968 AU)
eccentricity=0.244
period=1346.128 d (3.69 a)
inclination=15.352°
asc_node=144.648°
arg_peri=192.212°
mean_anomaly=333.976°
avg_speed=19.28 km/s
dimensions=44.0 km
mass="unknown"
density="unknown"
surface_grav="unknown"
escape_velocity="unknown"
rotation=26.5 h
spectral_type=S
abs_magnitude=9.02
albedo=0.227
single_temperature="unknown"234 Barbara is a typical Main belt
asteroid . It is classified as an S-type asteroid.It was discovered by C. H. F. Peters on
August 12 ,1883 in Clinton, New York.References
* [ftp://ftp.lowell.edu/pub/elgb/astorb.html The Asteroid Orbital Elements Database]
* [http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/lists/NumberedMPs.html Minor Planet Discovery Circumstances]
* [http://spiff.rit.edu/richmond/parallax/phot/LCSUMPUB.TXT Asteroid Lightcurve Data File]
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