214 Aschera

Infobox Planet | discovery=yes | physical_characteristics = yes | bgcolour=#FFFFC0 | name=214 Aschera
discoverer=Johann Palisa
discovered=February 29, 1880
alt_names=A903 SE, 1947 BP,
1948 JE, 1949 QG₂,
1949 SX₁, 1950 XH,
1953 OO
mp_category=Main belt
epoch=30 January, 2005 (JD 2453400.5)
semimajor=390.723 Gm (2.612 AU)
perihelion=379.118 Gm (2.534 AU)
aphelion=402.328 Gm (2.689 AU)
eccentricity=0.03
period=1541.723 d (4.22 a)
inclination=3.433°
asc_node=342.204°
arg_peri=130.402°
mean_anomaly=267.248°
avg_speed=18.43 km/s
dimensions=23.0 km
mass="unknown"
density="unknown"
surface_grav="unknown"
escape_velocity="unknown"
rotation=6.835 h
spectral_type=E
abs_magnitude=9.5
albedo=0.522
single_temperature="unknown"

214 Aschera is a Main belt asteroid. It is classified as an E-type asteroid.

It was discovered by Johann Palisa on February 29, 1880 in Pola and was named after Sidonian goddess Asherah.

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]