Is there any info on the asteroid Pallas?

[holmec]

I noticed that on the solar system simulator, Celestia, that there's an asteroid with a weird orbit called Pallas.<br /><br />I'm curious on what we know about it. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p> </p><p><font color="#0000ff"><em>"SCE to AUX" - John Aaron, curiosity pays off</em></font></p> </div>

 

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2_Pallas<br /><br /><blockquote><font class="small">In reply to:</font><hr /><p>Pallas is the third most massive object in the asteroid belt and is estimated to contain 7% of the region's entire mass.[3] Pallas, as well as Ceres, 3 Juno and 4 Vesta, were once considered planets until the discovery of many other asteroids led to re-classifications. The orbit of Pallas is highly inclined to the plane of the main asteroid belt at 34.8°, and the orbital eccentricity is nearly as large as Pluto's. The surface is a silicate material with a spectrum that is similar to carbonaceous chondrite meteorites.<p><hr /></p></p></blockquote> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

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There is a chance that DAWN may make a slow pass of asteroid 2 Pallas, after the primary <br />mission is over with 4 Vesta & 1 Ceres.<br /><br />I too am quite interested in 2 Pallas & have made a request for observations to <br />be made with the Hubble Space Telescope. Have not had a reply as yet.<br /><br />Yes 2 Pallas does have a very steeply inclined orbit for such a large object (so does KBO Eris).<br /><br />Most probably impact related.<br /><br />Andrew Brown. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#000080">"I suddenly noticed an anomaly to the left of Io, just off the rim of that world. It was extremely large with respect to the overall size of Io and crescent shaped. It seemed unbelievable that something that big had not been visible before".</font> <em><strong><font color="#000000">Linda Morabito </font></strong><font color="#800000">on discovering that the Jupiter moon Io was volcanically active. Friday 9th March 1979.</font></em></p><p><font size="1" color="#000080">http://www.launchphotography.com/</font><br /><br /><font size="1" color="#000080">http://anthmartian.googlepages.com/thisislandearth</font></p><p><font size="1" color="#000080">http://web.me.com/meridianijournal</font></p> </div>

 

[holmec]

Thanks guys, great info. <img src="/images/icons/laugh.gif" /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p> </p><p><font color="#0000ff"><em>"SCE to AUX" - John Aaron, curiosity pays off</em></font></p> </div>