Back 236 Honoria (كويكب) ARZ 236 Honoria AST 236 Хонория Bulgarian (236) Honoria Catalan (236) Гонория CE (236) Honoria German 236 Ονωρία Greek 236 Honoria Esperanto (236) Honoria Spanish 236 Honoria Basque
 Orbital diagram | |
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Johann Palisa |
| Discovery date | 26 April 1884 |
| Designations | |
| (236) Honoria | |
| Pronunciation | /hɒˈnɔːriə/[1] |
Named after | Justa Grata Honoria |
| A884 HA, 1904 PA 1930 KK ,1953 GJ1 | |
| Main belt | |
| Orbital characteristics[2] | |
| Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 131.97 yr (48201 d) |
| Aphelion | 3.3307 AU (498.27 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 2.2651 AU (338.85 Gm) |
| 2.79787 AU (418.555 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.19042 |
| 4.68 yr (1709.4 d) | |
Average orbital speed | 17.8 km/s |
| 294.554° | |
| 0° 12m 38.16s / day | |
| Inclination | 7.6942° |
| 185.861° | |
| 174.872° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 86.20±3.7 km |
| 12.336 h (0.5140 d) | |
| 0.1271±0.012 | |
| S | |
| 8.18 | |
236 Honoria is a large main belt asteroid that was discovered by Austrian astronomer Johann Palisa on 26 April 1884 in Vienna. The asteroid was named after Honoria, granddaughter of the Roman Emperor Theodosius I, who started negotiations with Attila the Hun. 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 2.824 AU.[3]
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 with the spectral properties of CO3/CV3 carbonaceous chondrites.[4]
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