The three asteroids are: 234 Barbara, 387 Aquitania, and 980 Anacostia. They think that 2448 Sholokhov is possibly a weathered example. The last three are members of the Watsonia family, with orbits that range from 2 to 3 AU.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/234_Barbara 234 Barbara is a typical Main belt asteroid. It is classified as an S-type asteroid. It was discovered by C. H. F. Peters on August 12, 1883 in Clinton, New York. It ranges from 1.8 AU to 2.97 AU, period of 3.69 years, and is 44 km in diameter, rotates every 26.5 hours and has an albedo of 0.227 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/387_Aquitania 387 Aquitania is a fairly large Main belt asteroid. It is classified as an S-type asteroid. It was discovered by F. Courty on March 5, 1894 in Bordeaux. It ranges from 2.74 AU to 3.39 AU in a period of 4.53 years. It has a diameter of 101 km. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/980_Anacostia Discovered by G. H. Peters Nov. 21, 1921. It ranges from 2.74 AU to 3.294 AU in a period of 4.539 years. No diameter is given. Sterling K. Webb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ______________________________________________ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
