224 Oceana

224 Oceana is a sizeable Main belt asteroid. Its composition is likely very rich in iron-nickel.

It was discovered by Johann Palisa on March 30, 1882 in Vienna.

It was named after the Pacific Ocean.

224 Oceana was one of five minor planets included in the 1993 study, Transition Comets -- UV Search for OH Emissions in Asteroids, which was research involving amateur astronomers who were permitted to make use of the Hubble Space Telescope.

References

*[ftp://ftp.lowell.edu/pub/elgb/astorb.html The Asteroid Orbital Elements Database]
*Minor Planet Discovery Circumstances
*Asteroid Lightcurve Data File