326 Tamara is a large Main belt asteroid. It is classified as a C-type asteroid and is probably composed of carbonaceous material. It is the largest member and namesake of the Tamara Family, a 264 million year-old sub-family of the collisional Phocaea family.
It was discovered by Johann Palisa on 19 March 1892 in Vienna and is named after Tamar of Georgia. Name was given by Grand Duke George Alexandrovich of Russia.[3]
References
- ^ 'Tamarus' in Noah Webster (1884) A Practical Dictionary of the English Language
- ^ "326 Tamara". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
- ^ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2007). "(326) Tamara". Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (326) Tamara. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. pp. 42–43. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_327. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3.
External links
- 326 Tamara at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
- 326 Tamara at the JPL Small-Body Database
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