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Asteria registry

Ostara Bloom

After the spring dawn — a name chosen for new beginnings.

Official designation: pending verificationRegistry name, not an IAU name

Procedural illustration — not a measured shape

Already named. Already home.

Status

Named

Already named in the preview registry. Not offered at launch.

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Marketplace opens in Phase 3 — join the waitlist. Tokens are digital collectibles and registry entries; they convey no ownership of the asteroid.

01Vital statistics

Measured in light and motion

Each figure is catalogued or derived from the orbit with standard formulas — period from Kepler's third law, brightness from size and albedo. Preview data until verification.

Orbits explainedSpectral classes

Diameter

01

4.4km

Mean width of the body, end to end.

≈ 42 football pitches laid end to end

Geometric albedo

02

0.07

How reflective the surface is, compared with an ideal white disc.

Within the typical C-type range (0.03–0.10)

Rotation period

03

8.1h

The length of its day — one full spin on its axis.

Spins ≈ 3 times in one Earth day

Absolute magnitude H

04

15.3

Intrinsic brightness, from size and albedo. Lower is brighter.

≈ 60,000× fainter than Ceres at the same distance

Orbital period

05

4.46yr

One lap around the Sun, from Kepler’s third law.

A year here lasts ≈ 1,629 Earth days

Perihelion · Aphelion

06

q2.47AU

Q2.95AU

Closest and farthest distance from the Sun. 1 AU is the Sun–Earth distance.

Sunlight is ≈ 1.4× stronger at perihelion than at aphelion

Mean orbital speed

07

18.1km/s

Average speed along the orbit (circular approximation).

Would cross Earth’s diameter in ≈ 11.7 minutes

Inclination

08

14.8°

Tilt of the orbit against the ecliptic, the plane of Earth’s orbit.

≈ 2.9× the tilt of the Moon’s orbit (5.1°)

02Orbit

Its path around the Sun

Drawn to scale with the Sun at one focus. The body moves by Kepler's equation — fast near the Sun, slow far from it — while the planets keep their true relative pace.

To scale · Kepler-correct motion

Side view

i = 14.8°

tilt to the ecliptic

  • Ostara Bloom
  • Sun
  • Mercury
  • Venus
  • Earth
  • Mars
  • Jupiter
  • Main belt
r
2.49 AU
v
19.7 km/s
t
+0 yr
1 yr ≈
4.5 s

Live distance from the Sun (r) and orbital speed (v, from the vis-viva equation). It quickens near perihelion — Kepler’s second law.

Orbit class

Middle main belt

Between the 3:1 and 5:2 Kirkwood gaps (≈2.5–2.82 AU).

Orbital elements
SymbolElementValue
aSemi-major axisAverage distance from the Sun2.71 AU
eEccentricity0 is a circle; closer to 1, more stretched0.09
iInclinationTilt to the ecliptic14.8°
qPeriheliona (1 − e)2.466 AU
QApheliona (1 + e)2.954 AU
POrbital periodP² = a³ (Kepler’s third law)4.46 yr
Orbit classDerived from q, Q, a and iMiddle main belt
Preview values · orientation in the diagram is illustrative
03Story

The story of Ostara Bloom

Ostara Bloom was the first asteroid to complete the naming ceremony in the preview registry — a carbonaceous body of the middle belt on a gently tilted orbit.

Registry note · ASR-0014

The name

Ostara Bloom

After the spring dawn — a name chosen for new beginnings.

An Asteria registry name. Official minor-planet names are approved by the IAU's Working Group Small Bodies Nomenclature and cannot be bought. Registry vs official names

Composition

C-typeCarbonaceous

Clay and silicate rock rich in carbon compounds; hydrated minerals.

The most common asteroids, dark as charcoal. Primitive bodies thought to preserve material close to the composition of the early Solar System.

Typical C-type albedoThis body
Spectral classes, explained
04Certificate

A certificate for the name

At launch, each registry entry is planned to come with a digital certificate. This live preview is built from this entry's data.

Registry name “Ostara Bloom” and ID ASR-0014

Spectral class, 4.4 km diameter and Middle main belt orbit

An optional personal dedication line

A reference to the token that records it (planned)

Preview render — final design subject to change. A certificate records an Asteria registry name; it is not an IAU designation and does not convey ownership of the asteroid.
05Token metadata

The record, in plain JSON

This is the metadata a token for this entry would carry when minting opens. Nothing has been minted yet.

Schema v1.0.0ERC-721 · planned

name · description · image

Standard ERC-721 metadata fields that wallets and marketplaces already understand.

attributes

Traits such as spectral class, orbit class and tier, ready for filtering.

asteria

The full registry record: orbit, physical data, name meaning, data sources.

disclaimer

Stated in the token itself: a registry name, not an official one; no property right.

ipfs://<cid> is a placeholder: media is planned to be pinned to IPFS at mint.

Read the metadata schema
ASR-0014.json

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06Registry status

Where this entry stands today

An honest status line. Nothing on this page has been minted or sold — the marketplace is planned for Phase 3.

Hear when minting opens

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  1. 01

    Catalogued

    Complete · preview

    Orbit, size, albedo and spectral class recorded in the preview catalogue. Period, brightness and orbit class are computed from them.

    Data & sources
  2. 02

    Verification

    Pending

    To be cross-checked against public small-body databases such as the JPL Small-Body Database and the Minor Planet Center. Official designation: pending verification.

  3. 03

    Registry entry

    Preview

    Registry ID ASR-0014 and the name “Ostara Bloom” are held in the preview registry. The permanent on-chain registry is planned.

    Registry vs official names
  4. 04

    Token mint

    Planned

    One ERC-721 token per entry, carrying the metadata above. Chain, contracts and a third-party audit come first.

    Roadmap
  5. 05

    Named

    Complete · preview

    The naming ceremony for this entry has been completed in the preview registry.

    How naming works