Discovered by Johann Palisa Minor planet category Main belt Aphelion 3.3307 AU (498.27 Gm) Orbits Sun Discoverer Johann Palisa Asteroid group Asteroid belt | Discovery date 26 April 1884 Observation arc 131.97 yr (48201 d) Discovered 26 April 1884 Spectral type S-type asteroid Discovery site Vienna Observatory | |
Alternative names A904 PA, 1930 KK,
1953 GJ1 Similar 242 Kriemhild, 220 Stephania, 266 Aline, 218 Bianca, 276 Adelheid | ||
Asteroid 236 honoria
236 Honoria is a large main belt asteroid that was discovered by Austrian astronomer Johann Palisa on April 26, 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.
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.
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