235 Carolina

Infobox Planet | discovery=yes | physical_characteristics = yes | bgcolour=#FFFFC0 | name=235 Carolina
discoverer=Johann Palisa
discovered=November 28, 1883
alt_names=A909 GJ, 1934 GY,
1939 GN, 1956 VK
mp_category=Main belt
epoch=30 January, 2005 (JD 2453400.5)
semimajor=431.275 Gm (2.883 AU)
perihelion=405.603 Gm (2.711 AU)
aphelion=456.947 Gm (3.055 AU)
eccentricity=0.06
period=1787.859 d (4.89 a)
inclination=9.026°
asc_node=66.246°
arg_peri=211.846°
mean_anomaly=49.44°
avg_speed=17.54 km/s
dimensions=58.0 km
mass="unknown"
density="unknown"
surface_grav="unknown"
escape_velocity="unknown"
rotation=17.56 h
spectral_type=S
abs_magnitude=8.82
albedo=0.158
single_temperature="unknown"

235 Carolina is a sizeable Main belt asteroid. It is an S-type asteroid.

It was discovered by Johann Palisa on November 28, 1883 in Vienna.

The asteroid was named after Caroline Island, now part of Kiribati.

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]