Honoria (
minor planet designation
A formal minor-planet designation is, in its final form, a number–name combination given to a minor planet (asteroid, centaur, trans-Neptunian object and dwarf planet but not comet). Such designation always features a leading number (catalog or ...
: 236 Honoria) is a large
main belt asteroid
An asteroid is a minor planet of the inner Solar System. Sizes and shapes of asteroids vary significantly, ranging from 1-meter rocks to a dwarf planet almost 1000 km in diameter; they are rocky, metallic or icy bodies with no atmosphere.
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that was discovered by Austrian astronomer
Johann Palisa
Johann Palisa (6 December 1848 – 2 May 1925) was an Austrian astronomer, born in Troppau, Austrian Silesia, now Czech Republic. He was a prolific discoverer of asteroids, discovering 122 in all, from 136 Austria in 1874 to 1073 Gel ...
on 26 April 1884 in
Vienna. The asteroid was named after
Honoria
Justa Grata Honoria, commonly referred to during her lifetime as Honoria, (born ''c.'' 418 – died ''c.'' 455) was the older sister of the Western Roman
The Western Roman Empire comprised the western provinces of the Roman Empire at any t ...
, granddaughter of the
Roman Emperor Theodosius I, who started negotiations with
Attila the Hun
Attila (, ; ), frequently called Attila the Hun, was the ruler of the Huns from 434 until his death in March 453. He was also the leader of a tribal empire consisting of Huns, Ostrogoths, Alans, and Bulgars, among others, in Central and Ea ...
. It is classified as a stony
S-type asteroid based upon its spectrum. 236 Honoria is orbiting close to a 5:2
mean motion resonance with
Jupiter, which is located at .
[
Polarimetric study of this asteroid reveals anomalous properties that suggests the regolith consists of a mixture of low and high albedo material. This may have been caused by fragmentation of an asteroid ]substrate
Substrate may refer to:
Physical layers
*Substrate (biology), the natural environment in which an organism lives, or the surface or medium on which an organism grows or is attached
** Substrate (locomotion), the surface over which an organism lo ...
with the spectral properties of CO3/CV3 carbonaceous chondrites.
References
External links
The Asteroid Orbital Elements Database
Asteroid Lightcurve Data File
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Background asteroids
Honoria
Justa Grata Honoria, commonly referred to during her lifetime as Honoria, (born ''c.'' 418 – died ''c.'' 455) was the older sister of the Western Roman
The Western Roman Empire comprised the western provinces of the Roman Empire at any t ...
Honoria
Justa Grata Honoria, commonly referred to during her lifetime as Honoria, (born ''c.'' 418 – died ''c.'' 455) was the older sister of the Western Roman
The Western Roman Empire comprised the western provinces of the Roman Empire at any t ...
Honoria
Justa Grata Honoria, commonly referred to during her lifetime as Honoria, (born ''c.'' 418 – died ''c.'' 455) was the older sister of the Western Roman
The Western Roman Empire comprised the western provinces of the Roman Empire at any t ...
S-type asteroids (Tholen)
L-type asteroids (SMASS)
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