224 Oceana

Infobox Planet | discovery=yes | physical_characteristics = yes | bgcolour=#FFFFC0 | name=224 Oceana
discoverer=Johann Palisa
discovered=March 30, 1882
alt_names=A899 EA, 1933 HO
mp_category=Main belt
epoch=30 January, 2005 (JD 2453400.5)
semimajor=395.723 Gm (2.645 AU)
perihelion=377.661 Gm (2.525 AU)
aphelion=413.786 Gm (2.766 AU)
eccentricity=0.046
period=1571.409 d (4.3 a)
inclination=5.838°
asc_node=353.03°
arg_peri=284.121°
mean_anomaly=119.434°
avg_speed=18.31 km/s
dimensions=62.0 km
mass="unknown"
density="unknown"
surface_grav="unknown"
escape_velocity="unknown"
rotation=18.933 h
spectral_type=M
abs_magnitude=8.59
albedo=0.169
single_temperature="unknown"

224 Oceana is a sizeable Main belt asteroid. It is an M-type, but is not metallic.

It was discovered by Johann Palisa on March 30, 1882 in Vienna.

It was named after the Pacific Ocean.

224 Oceana was one of five minor planets included in the 1993 study, Transition Comets -- UV Search for OH Emissions in Asteroids, which was research involving amateur astronomers who were permitted to make use of the Hubble Space Telescope.

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]