347 Pariana

{{Short description|Main-belt asteroid}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2020}}

{{Infobox planet

| minorplanet=yes

| name=347 Pariana

| background = #D6D6D6

| image = 000347-asteroid shape model (347) Pariana.png

| image_scale =

| caption = Modelled shape of Pariana from its lightcurve

| discoverer=Auguste Charlois

| discovered=28 November 1892

| mpc_name=(347) Pariana

| alt_names=1892 Q{{·}}A892 WD

| pronounced= classically: {{IPAc-en|p|ær|i|'|eɪ|n|ə}}'Pariani' in Noah Webster (1884) A Practical Dictionary of the English Language

| named_after = unknown

| mp_category=Main belt

| epoch=31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)

| semimajor={{Convert|2.61171|AU|Gm|abbr=on}}

| perihelion={{Convert|2.17513|AU|Gm|abbr=on}}

| aphelion={{Convert|3.04828|AU|Gm|abbr=on|lk=on}}

| eccentricity=0.16716

| period=4.22 yr (1541.6 d)

| inclination=11.6792°

| asc_node=85.5359°

| arg_peri=86.2897°

| mean_anomaly=8.01559°

| mean_diameter={{val|48.615|0.118|ul=km}}

| mass=

| density=

| rotation={{Convert|4.0529|h|d|abbr=on|lk=on}}{{cite book|last=Andersen|first=Geoff|title=The Telescope: Its History, Technology, and Future|url=https://archive.org/details/telescopeitshist00ande|url-access=registration|access-date=10 June 2016|year=2007|publisher=Princeton University Press|isbn=978-0-691-12979-2|page=[https://archive.org/details/telescopeitshist00ande/page/77 77]|lccn=2006940308}}

| spectral_type=M

| abs_magnitude=8.96

| albedo={{val|0.1845|0.036}}

| mean_motion={{Deg2DMS|0.233517|sup=ms}} / day

| orbit_ref=

| observation_arc=123.38 yr (45065 d)

| uncertainty=0

}}

347 Pariana (prov. designation: {{mp|A892 WD}} or {{mp|1892 Q}}) is a metallic background asteroid from the central region of the asteroid belt.{{cite book|editor=Q. Ashton Acton|title=Issues in Astronomy and Astrophysics: 2011 Edition|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=puLwhQKeSVQC&pg=PT2301|year=2012|publisher=ScholarlyEditions|isbn=978-1-4649-6368-1|page=2301|chapter=Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania: A radar survey of M- and X-class asteroids II}} It was discovered by French astronomer Auguste Charlois at the Nice Observatory on 28 November 1892. The M-type asteroid has a short rotation period of 4.1 hours and measures approximately {{convert|49|km|mi|abbr=off|sigfig=2|sp=us}} in diameter.{{cite web |title=JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 347 Pariana |url=https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=%d |access-date=11 May 2016}} The origin of the asteroid's name remains unknown.{{cite book |last=Schmadel |first=Lutz D |author-link=Lutz D. Schmadel |title=Dictionary of Minor Planet Names |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eHv1CAAAQBAJ&pg=PA66 |edition=3 |volume=1 |date=11 November 2013 |publisher=Springer Science+Business Media |isbn=978-3-662-06615-7 |pages=66 |oclc=809148995}}