266 Aline

Minor Planet | name=266 Aline
discoverer=Johann Palisa
discovery_date=May 17, 1887
designations="n/a"
category=Main belt
epoch=30 January, 2005 (JD 2453400.5)
semimajor=419.369 Gm (2.803 AU)
perihelion=353.479 Gm (2.363 AU)
aphelion=485.259 Gm (3.244 AU)
eccentricity=0.157
period=1714.34 d (4.69 a)
inclination=13.391°
asc_node=236.007°
arg_peri=151.36°
mean_anomaly=250.561°
speed=17.79 km/s
dimensions=109.0 km
mass="unknown"
density="unknown"
gravity="unknown"
escape_velocity="unknown"
rotation=12.3 h
spectral_class=C
abs_mag=8.8
albedo=0.059
temperature="unknown"

266 Aline is a fairly large Main belt asteroid. It is a dark C-type asteroid and is probably composed of primitive carbonaceous material.

It was discovered by Johann Palisa on May 17, 1887 in Vienna and is thought to have been named after the daughter of astronomer E. Weiss.

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]