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304 Olga

304 Olga

Large Main belt asteroid

Olga (minor planet designation: 304 Olga) is a large Main belt asteroid. It is classified as a C-type asteroid and is probably composed of carbonaceous material.

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It was discovered by Johann Palisa on 14 February 1891 in Vienna.

304 Olga was identified as one of three asteroids that were likely to be a parent body for chondrites along with 449 Hamburga and 335 Roberta.[4] All three asteroids were known to have low-albedo (not reflect as much light) and be close to "meteorite producing resonances".[4] Chrondrites are the most common type of meteor found on Earth, accounting for over 80% of all meteors.[5] They are named for the tiny spherical silicate particles that are found inside them (those particles are called chondrules).[5]

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References

  1. [1]
    (German Names)
  2. [2]
    "304 Olga". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
  3. [3]
    Carry, B. (December 2012), "Density of asteroids", Planetary and Space Science, vol. 73, pp. 98–118, arXiv:1203.4336, Bibcode:2012P&SS...73...98C, doi:10.1016/j.pss.2012.03.009. See Table 1.
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    Lunar and planetary science: abstracts of papers submitted to the ... Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. Lunar and Planetary Institute. 1996.
  5. [5]
    "ASU - Chondrites". Archived from the original on 22 June 2019. Retrieved 31 August 2015.


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