235 Carolina

235 Carolina is a sizeable Main belt asteroid. It was discovered by Austrian astronomer Johann Palisa on 28 November 1883 in Vienna, and was named after Caroline Island, now part of Kiribati in the Pacific Ocean. This asteroid is orbiting the Sun at a distance of 2.88 AU with a period of 4.89 yr and an eccentricity (ovalness) of 0.06. The orbital plane is tilted at an angle of 9.0° to the plane of the ecliptic.^[2]

235 Carolina

Discovery
Discovered by	Johann Palisa
Discovery date	28 November 1883
Designations
MPC designation	(235) Carolina
Pronunciation	/kærəˈlaɪnə/[1]
Named after	Caroline Island
Alternative designations	A883 WA, 1909 GJ 1934 GY, 1939 GN 1956 VK
Minor planet category	Main belt
Orbital characteristics[2]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc	132.11 yr (48,255 d)
Aphelion	3.06301 AU (458.220 Gm)
Perihelion	2.69787 AU (403.596 Gm)
Semi-major axis	2.88044 AU (430.908 Gm)
Eccentricity	0.063383
Orbital period (sidereal)	4.89 yr (1,785.6 d)
Orbital period (synodic)	17.1600 ± 0.0004 hr
Average orbital speed	17.54 km/s
Mean anomaly	178.096°
Mean motion	0° 12m 5.803s / day
Inclination	9.03035°
Longitude of ascending node	66.0344°
Argument of perihelion	209.338°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions	57.58±1.5 km
Synodic rotation period	17.610 h (0.7338 d)[3]
Geometric albedo	0.1580±0.009
Spectral type	S
Absolute magnitude (H)	8.9

Photometric data collected during 2007 were used to construct a light curve that demonstrated a rotation period of 17.1600±0.0004 h with a brightness variation of 0.30±0.02 in magnitude.^[3][4] It is a stony S-type asteroid.